Wednesday 16 August 2023

Medication Time


My Current Prescribed Medications


The joys of having various chronic health conditions... oh, I've gotta laugh!

► NB. I am on NO DMT medication for my MS.

[laffs]

  • 💥 Rivaroxaban / Xarelto: 20mg once daily (a blood thinner, to prevent any further PE's).


  • 💥 Effexor / Venlafaxine: 150mg once daily (an anti-depressant... I nickname this one my "Happy Pill").


  • 💥 Pantoprazole / Somac: 20mg once daily (for my Ulcerative Colitis... I nickname this one "Soma").

  • 💥 Salazopyrin (Pyralin): 500mg 3 x twice daily (for my Ulcerative Colitis).


I call these six meds of mine:
"For my 'blood', 'brain', 'bum' and 'bastard' "!

  • Vitamin D supplement: 1,000 IU/day (for my MS).
  • A few days a week, I take a Maltofer Iron tablet, for my iron /anemia... sure, it turns everything black [cough...], but, for me, it really seems to be helping.
  • Prednisone: Occasionally, 25/mg daily, tapering off 5mg/weekly to nil (this helps reduce a flare of my Ulcerative Colitis).


I was on Mesalamine / Pentasa: 500mg two tabs twice daily (for my Ulcerative Colitis), but not now - it was having negative side effects on me!



I finally got myself one of these Daily Pill Sorters, after too bloody long [why hadn't I done this years ago? Doh!] - this is way too easy. (It's my own 'Webster Pack' as such... it's a drag having to be your own Chemist doing this, but it really helps.).

💥 To be honest, I hate being on all these daily meds, but catch-22: I'd be stuffed without them.


💥 Thank goodness for the PBS - there's no way I could afford these medicines otherwise!



► I have a Blood Pressure Monitor here at home.

► It's all a bit of a "Balancing Act" for me, really.




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Also: Mal's Meds

Peas be with ewe 
Mal

2 comments:

  1. Has anyone suggested tysabri or ocrevus for your MS? Those have worked spectacularly for me: no exacerbations in like 12 years since starting. Also wanted to say I think your blog is great, and being open and explicit will help people, with chronic illnesses and without, get a better sense of what it's like to have them. I had heard of the spoon theory, but didn't really get it until I read your description. I get it now, and it's completely descriptive of when I had serious fatigue issues.

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