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Title: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: oleboy on March 20, 2008, 09:18:24 PM: I was just wondering if everyone's home looked like a Pharmacy like mine does, so how many medications do you take in a 24 hour period. I take 13 oops, I forgot my new Renal vitamins he prescribed today, 14 and that also includes my 2 insulin injections
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: petey on March 21, 2008, 02:57:36 AM: Last summer before we started home hemo, Marvin was taking 16 different medications a day. On home hemo, his labs are so much better, and he's now down to 4 each day.
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: oleboy on March 21, 2008, 04:00:11 AM: That's what I wanted to know my Nurse trainer said after we train this week for PD over the next few months I should be able to come off at least 3 0r 4.
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: KICKSTART on March 21, 2008, 04:13:59 AM: Too many and i hate them all ! :puke;
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: bolta72 on March 21, 2008, 04:58:12 AM: 3 blood meds for me 3 times a day along with renal tab. I guess I am lucky, could be worse.
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: willieandwinnie on March 21, 2008, 05:15:38 AM: oleboy, it's funny you should bring this subject up. Last night Len and I were talking about how our home looks like a Pharmacy. Both of us seem to take a fistful of pills everyday.

Len takes about 21 everyday (down from about 30 when he was on dialysis) and I take about 11. We are hoping that some of Len's pills get reduced or gone in April. We'll see.
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: Ken Shelmerdine on March 21, 2008, 06:49:17 AM: I take 11 different drugs. Because some are more than one tablet in dosage I'd say that I take about 16 in tablets in total.
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: Deanne on March 21, 2008, 07:43:36 AM: Oh no! Looking at everyones' tallies, it sounds like it only gets worse! I was already whining about bing a walking medicine cabinet.

Two blood pressure and I'm going to ask my neph about a diuretic when I see her in May. The swollen legs are getting very annoying.

One cholesteral

One period-prevention (progesterone)

One aspirin

One iron tablet three times/day. Getting close to needing epo shots.

I was diagnosed with osteoporosis yesterday, so I imagine I'll be adding something for that as soon as my Dr gets the report.
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: paris on March 21, 2008, 07:48:57 AM: I remember in my 30's, my Mother had a basket on a side table filled with all her medicines. I thought that I would never be like that. HA! Where did I put that basket? I need it to hold all my meds! I'm only at 11--not too bad yet! Four years ago- none! Lovely kidney disease :rofl;
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: devon on March 21, 2008, 08:07:32 AM: Good question!

I take eight different meds each day. The latest was for parathyriod issues associated with kidney failure, Kemplar. Sounds like something they use for bulletproof vests!

I knew I was in serious shape when I bought one of those multi-part trays that hold all my meds for a week with compartments for morning, noon, late day and evening. So far, I only use morning and late evening so I consider myself lucky.

-Devon
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: KR Cincy on March 21, 2008, 09:58:02 AM: I've got 4 prescriptons and 3 over-the -counter...every Wednesday I dose them out into 3 week-long pill cases, so I don't have to remember each and every day. It ain't great, but it's manageable.
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: BigSky on March 21, 2008, 11:18:03 AM: 3 medications here.
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: twirl on March 21, 2008, 11:34:39 AM: I have a basket full :basket: not eggs but pills
I take 25 pills a day
and sometimes when I remember the binders, it's more
I had to stop sensipar---wonder if we could have a smile with diarrhea
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: kitkatz on March 21, 2008, 12:01:24 PM: 12 counting the binders as one pill.
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: Lori1851 on March 21, 2008, 02:47:35 PM: Dustin takes 15 pills in the am , 1 Phosphate binder at lunch and 12 pills in the pm. He gets his phosphate binder in the am and pm also. Yep alot of meds. I pretty much have them memorized lol!!! Good ole MOM!!
Have a Wonderful Easter Everyone!!!!
:basket:,
Lori/Indiana
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: Jill D. on March 21, 2008, 03:15:19 PM: I take 7 meds a day, plus iron and a multivitamin daily and 50,000 IU of vitamin D once a month. Altogether, 17 pills a day plus the vitamin D (and some pain meds from a headache caused by a recent spinal tap.) This is post-transplant; I took way more meds pre-transplant.
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: thegrammalady on March 21, 2008, 03:23:34 PM: Quote from: Deanne on March 21, 2008, 07:43:36 AM

I was diagnosed with osteoporosis yesterday, so I imagine I'll be adding something for that as soon as my Dr gets the report.

you can cross that one off, kidney patients can't take anything now on the market for treatment or prevention of osteoporosis. aren't we just so lucky :sarcasm;
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: Ang on March 21, 2008, 08:42:40 PM: 3 fosrenol p/d
4 tablets weekly.

feel sorry for those who are on bulk tablets a day, gotta send you :urcrazy;
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: okarol on March 21, 2008, 11:25:04 PM: Jenna takes quite a bit, spread over 4 times per day.
Post-transplant: 11 different meds totaling 25 pills. This includes her immunosuppressants, vitamins, minerals, and aspirin.
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: okarol on March 21, 2008, 11:25:43 PM: Quote from: Jill D. on March 21, 2008, 03:15:19 PM
I take 7 meds a day, plus iron and a multivitamin daily and 50,000 IU of vitamin D once a month. Altogether, 17 pills a day plus the vitamin D (and some pain meds from a headache caused by a recent spinal tap.) This is post-transplant; I took way more meds pre-transplant.

Ouch! Spinal tap?
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: angellady07 on March 22, 2008, 01:01:30 AM: 13 medications.
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: rose1999 on March 22, 2008, 01:27:24 AM: Dad has 11 different drugs and takes a total of 15 tablets a day, plus epo shots twice a week and iron once.
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: boxman55 on March 22, 2008, 05:41:41 AM: Thirteen put who's counting...Boxman
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: paddbear0000 on March 22, 2008, 04:47:38 PM: 8 pills a day, plus insulin 24 hours a day via an insulin pump.
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: tubes on March 22, 2008, 06:20:28 PM: 8 prescriptions pills plus my lovenox shot....4 of those prescriptions are blood pressure
I take between 15-20 pills a day and 6 are blood pressure
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: kitkatz on March 22, 2008, 10:47:28 PM: 4 blood pressure pills- cozaar, minoxidil, atenelol, plendil
Good for the heart pills- aspirin, nitroglycerin caps, simvastin-cholesterol pill
Vitamin-nephrovite, folic acid
Pepcid AC
Calcitrol- for Calcium upkeep
Tums for Binders and for Calcium
Title: Re: How many medications or pills do you take in a 24 hour period
Post by: KT0930 on March 23, 2008, 11:08:08 AM: prednisone; prograf; myfortic; aspirin; dapsone; acyclovir; multi-vitamin

So that's 7 medications/20 pills a day (13 in the morning; 7 at night). The dapsone and acyclovir will be discontinued in a couple of weeks, though.