Including OTC and prescription medications as well as vitamins/supplements, how many individual pills do you take every week on a regular basis? (I chose weekly instead of daily since there are many things one may only take a few times a week, and probably not all that many that get taken regularly-but-less-often-than-a-week)
Note this doesn’t include things like “I take ibuprofen when I have a headache” unless you have a headache on a scheduled basis that can be predicted. This is about things that you would, say, put in a pill box ahead of time, knowing you had to* take.
What are they for? Is this temporary or likely to go up or down?
For me it’s 71/week, which is 10 daily pills plus one weekly pill. The weekly pill and two of the daily pills are vitamins/supplements, two are OTC sleep aids, two are Rx sleep aids, two are for acid reflux, and two are mood stabilizers.
(Please vote in the poll in addition to posting, so we can see the results in the fancy graph.)
*had to/wanted to/whatever
Eh…I take waaaayyy more than would be my preference.
I take 3 pills daily for diabetes control, one fluid pill, two glucosomine, a baby asprin, one for cholestrol, four for arthritus and four vitamin / mineral supplements.
The only things I take with any frequency are ibuprofen or paracetamol for diverse pains (period, headaches, toothaches) and antihistamines for allergies, but they’re both “as needed”. A week when I have 4 pills is a bad week for me.
My mother is on the 70 pills/week range, and that’s counting only those she has to take daily. We call her our “pill popper”.
None, unless you count the chewable vitamin I take each day to encourage my son to take his. If he falls asleep early or is otherwise not able to take one, I don’t take one either. It’s beneficial for me, but not wanted/needed/whatever. It’s more for him.
I have trouble taking pills (from the early thread) so I try to avoid them whenever I can.
Not a one on a regular schedule, though I probably do take three Tums about once a week for indigestion, and two ibuprofen twice a month for a headache.
21, all vitamins/supplements. I used to take something for headaches nearly every day, where it may as well have been scheduled, but thankfully that’s gotten better.
7 dietary supplements, 2 for arthritis, 2 to try to keep my hormones in check, 11 per day, 77 a week, plus pain pills as needed when things go haywire.
14 allergy pills a week – specifically, 7 Claritin (generic, of course) and 7 Singular. I don’t have bead seasonal allergies, but I am allergic to cats, and with these I can actually live with them symptom-free (as long as I don’t rub my eyes).
Some of my scrip meds are only available in limited sizes and i need 2 or 3 to equal the mg dose i need, the calcium/mag/zing comes in 3 horse pills =(.
I also have one injectable, and i have a couple other meds that are as needed [frova, colchicine and indocin]
