Each pill is a specialist. Two (I alternate) are for nausea. One helps my stomach digest food more efficiently using enzymes. The last one no one wants to hear about. Seriously, you don’t.
A few are taken at meals. Others every four hours. One is as needed, up to eight times a day. It’s confusing.
Do they interact? Yes. Therein lies the rub. Interaction has brought a new problem, also unmentionable.
I have a fairly good understanding of the dosing involved. Now I’ll start adjusting schedules until the pills and my stomach are happy together.
I don’t expect my doctors to do this. I’m not sure how they could.
Oh — and pills are expensive. I’m not sure who pays list price, but Walgreen says my insurance saved me $838 on the last one alone. My end was $13 and change. When I can I get my pills from the insurance company’s mail order pharmacy which usually has zero copay.
A few months from now my medical obligations will fade away. I’ll be in observe and report mode with regular testing. Medical intervention should slow down, maybe stop. Until then, I’m one of the doctors.
Thank goodness for insurance!!!! I have a patch I change every 48 hours that delivers a steady dose of pain medication. Without it I would be miserable! It is much easier than taking break through pain meds every 4 hours and the roller coaster ride of pain that goes along with that …but the down side…they are EXPENSIVE. Without insurance I would never be able to afford them!!
You prefer being addressed as Dr Geoff or Dr Fox?
Big responsibility there, Mr. Doctor.