How many pills do you take a day?

[Britainisgreat]

Am on 10 different ones which I think is a lot but my pharmacist says it's not really. Good job I get them free as am diabetic.

Those are not pills/ drugs just supplements. I take those too but they are not prescribed

None for me, not even vitamins.
Very grateful for my good health.
I believe 83yo stepmum (only) has HRT & some vitamins.
Meanwhile 83yo Dad is on a lot of things, mostly prescription some vits. Poor guy is getting used to being rushed to hospital with AFib. He is very frustrated by his poor health & I fear I will be just as grumpy if I ever become similar.
It's so hard for men to age with good health.

2 pills per day for underactive thyroid, and a bunch of vitamins/minerals.

6 in the morning, 5 at lunch, 2 at night, plus two patches, two inhalers, a nasal spray, a liquid, and 3 more PRN tablets as needed.

I have multiple auto immune conditions, chronic pain, asthma, hypothyroidism and I'm allergic to a massive long list of everyday household materials. I've tried many combinations of tablets trying to find the best balance between managing symptoms without excessive side effects and this set up has been the most stable with the smallest amount of meds.

No medicatios yet but seven supplements a day. 63.

7am - 4
12pm - 4
5pm - 2
10pm - 2
thankful to the nhs for their prepayment certificate every day.

also refusing statins

Not one between us, family of 6. Feeling lucky!

@SuperBlondie28
That explains a lot
It may be even the wrong one because there are so many types
Might be worthwhile getting a 24 hour BP monitor ?
I recently had to have mine increased, however had been on the same dose for about 10 years

Seven different ones but 11 tablets a day. Plus inhalers and eye drops. Also a weekly injection for rheumatoid arthritis.
One of those drugs is just adcal, a calcium/ vitamin d supplement but I include it because it's on prescription for osteoporosis.
Zolendronic acid infusion annually.

Statins included. I resisted because of the number of drugs I'm on, but realistically my qrisk score is high and I didn't want regret of hindsight. I take the lowest dose possible and had zero side effects ( unlike all the other drugs)

I've been on lisinopril since prescribed in 2019. I'm lucky I've never had the famous lisinopril cough. Again, I don't know why I'm on them... The 19 stone, heavy smoker, slightly older than me lady at work is borderline high BP but her doctor say she doesn't need medication. I'm 11 stone, younger, never had a ciggie in my life!

None except a multi vitamin for over 50’s.

13 different medications and 22 separate pills plus I just finished a five day course of IV antivirals.

Let me see.
2 antidepressants (they saved my life)
4 antihypertensives (I have a strange response to them where they don’t work as well on me as they do on other people - it’s a long story!)
one puff of a beclomethasone inhaler
2 squirts of a nasal steroid (I had a fully blocked nose for over 6 months- it was awful. This keeps it clear.
a pump of oestrogen gel at night (HRT)
I’m 59

3 a statin, levothyroxin and HRT

bad cholesterol- sadly inherited, under active thyroid and menopause- 56

39 plus laxido, oramorph prn and peptac liquid and a HRT patch. - multiple autoimmune conditions

Too many!

4, well 5 if you include a multivitamin?

venlafaxine twice a day
losartan
amlodopine

thyroid medication every morning, then any other pills at night with my dinner. Usually vitamin d

13 in the morning, 9 in the evening plus 4 extra twice a week.

6 sometimes more

None. But I’m a type 1 diabetic so take insulin every day.

None. Mid 60s.

9 different meds, 13 tablets a day, at least 5 jabs a day!
7am 3 tablets, 2 injections.
8:30am 4 tablets, 1 injection.
6:30pm 4 tablets, 2 injections.
11pm 2 tablets.
Possibly more injections if I eat or drink anything other than water during the day, I usually only have one meal for tea and 2 coffees in the morning.
Type 2 diabetic, insulin dependent, high blood pressure, no thyroid.

Was on 1 a day until recently following an illness.
Now on 3 in the morning and 3 in the evening. Plus Gaviscon x 4 daily.
Plus 2 vitamins.
Plus 2 x tablets if and when needed. Plus an emergency spray.
Compared to others on here doesn't seem so bad now!