Can I ask you how many tablets you take a day, please?

[ComeBackPeterComeBackPaul]

I sometimes wonder if I am taking so many that they cancel each other out. I take three for medical reasons and then I also take Vit D, Magnesium, and Curcuma. Thanks.

Basic is 46 per day + patches, creams, powders, inhalers, as needed meds so depending on what symptoms are giving me grief, and then vitamins and supplements after that and oxygen if needed for migraine. So on a bad day this is approx 70+ tablets.

Then regular injections, once a week, infusions monthly but this is a slimmed down version of what I was previously on which was more than 100 pills a day.

Folic
B complex
Vitamin d
Turmeric
Vitamin complex for bones

Iron vitamin c

none.
But I've just ordered some multi vitamins

At the moment it’s 3... for my thyroid.... been taking them since 8 was born. The amount changes sometimes if my levels ain’t up.

Lots, although less than I used to as I'm tapering down. 12 today, as I have to take 6x methotrexate once/week. The rest of the week it'll vary between 6 and 8 each day. I have an auto immune disease.

20-30 prescription tablets a day depending how I feel, plus 7-8 blood tests and 6-7 injections per day. I’m 34.

None. Sometimes I go on a health kick and start taking vitamins but it never lasts long as I don't ever see any real benefit.

Vit D (prescribed)
Gabapentin ..now just 100mg was HUGE doses for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Senna ( damaged bowel post kids)
HRT

1 contraceptive pill, 2 pain killers, cream and 1 anxiety med

19. And yep I need them all. Also have liquid meds.

Morning
Levothyroxine
Vit d
B vits

Night
Gabapentin
Monteculast
Omeprazole
Escitalopram
Magnesium
+Inhaler

Monthly self administered injection and naproxen most days.
Does feels like a lot although all prescribed apart from magnesium.

16 different ones a day! Then 2 injections a day plus 2 other ones weekly! I have rheumatoid arthritis plus a few more chronic conditions! It's incredibly annoying to have to take so many I'm constantly wondering if I can cut any out...

Daily Vitamin D and K2.

Occasional paracetamol or aspirin for pain and cetirizine or Phenergan for allergies or sleep.

I'm 60 and my knees have been a bit troublesome recently so I have started taking a multi vitamin that also contains glucosamine.

Other than that I don't take anything.

X1am and pm

12 different daily medications with a total of 28 pills between them per day.

1 prn medication I take about twice a week. 2 pills each time.

2 inhalers several times a day

1 injection every 12 weeks

Assorted supplements.

Forgot painkillers.
500mg paracetamol 4 times a day and 800mg ibuprofen 4 times a day.

So that's another shedload.

@Theworldisquiethere

I don’t take vitamins. I eat food. What a ridiculous thing to say. I eat very healthily but always feel a difference when I regularly take a good daily multivitamin.

If you have a healthy balanced diet there is no need to take multivitamins!

Not always. Sometimes a medical issue can cause a deficiency and you need medication

12 prescribed plus 1 x prescribed transdermal patch (for pain relief) changed every 4 days. Followed by 10ml of liquid morphine.
I then take 7 x supplement pills

This isn't meant to be a rude comment, but I'm genuinely baffled that some people are taking so many prescription medications. I'm curious as to why - I mean it's obviously none of my business, but I'm curious as to whether it's for a preventable condition they developed because they weren't living a healthy lifestyle or what? I don't know anyone that takes prescription medication aside from my husband due to a recent heart injury.

I go through phases of taking vitamins. It usually only lasts a couple months max before I forget to take them for months on end. I've just had covid so am on a vitamin roll and have been taking

Vitamin D 3x daily
Vitamin C 2x daily
Vitamin A 1x daily
Zinc 1x daily
Omega 6 & 9 1x daily
Cucumin (higher grade tuneric) 1x daily

Multi-vitamin 1x daily

@jimmyreckon

29prescribed 3 vitamins - also prescribed but bought otc Plus d mannose

Also pain killers - 16 tabs per day plus oramorph ppn

So 55💊

Have you tried Buprenorphine patches for pain relief? They're absolutely amazing! You only need to change them either every 4 days or every 7 days (depends on the brand prescribed) and you can still drive etc but they totally remove chronic pain! They gave me my life back pretty much. All I need now is the liquid morphine for breakthrough pain as & when needed. They're a revelation!

@Bakewelltart987 Total nonsense! Almost everyone in the UK & North America need Vit D supplements as it's extremely difficult to get from food and there's not enough sunlight!! Do your research please!

Also, there's thousands of people who need vitamin infusions due to mal-absorption issues, despite a perfect diet!!!!

@WineGetsMeThroughIt

This isn't meant to be a rude comment, but I'm genuinely baffled that some people are taking so many prescription medications. I'm curious as to why - I mean it's obviously none of my business, but I'm curious as to whether it's for a preventable condition they developed because they weren't living a healthy lifestyle or what? I don't know anyone that takes prescription medication aside from my husband due to a recent heart injury.

I go through phases of taking vitamins. It usually only lasts a couple months max before I forget to take them for months on end. I've just had covid so am on a vitamin roll and have been taking

Vitamin D 3x daily
Vitamin C 2x daily
Vitamin A 1x daily
Zinc 1x daily
Omega 6 & 9 1x daily
Cucumin (higher grade tuneric) 1x daily

Multi-vitamin 1x daily

So just because you don't know anyone besides your own husband who takes prescribed meds, that means anyone who does, has brought it on themselves?!?!?! Are you quite alright?! You actually think doctors prescribe medication for fun and that you know better than qualified doctors???? I've been on prescribed medication since I was 13 due to severe long standing health issues. I know many, many people who are quite literally kept alive by their prescription each month and have it all delivered in a huge box 📦 Without it they will die within hours.

This is honestly the most shockingly naïve post I've ever, ever read on MN