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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6975 on: August 31, 2017, 02:42:35 AM »
Yep, I'm taking the pharmaceutical commoner, moclobemide. I don't think it's sedating, I take it morning and night. Same with lithium.
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6976 on: August 31, 2017, 09:36:39 AM »
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6977 on: September 22, 2017, 03:33:23 PM »
Just took a nighttime-early evening shot of morphine, a couple of chlormethiazole caps (antiseizure med) and 3x5mg nitrazepam (benzo sedative, fairly damn strong one, long acting) 1 earlier and 2 just now.
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6978 on: September 23, 2017, 07:02:09 AM »
Since I have had the Symbicort puffer, I have had a weird problem - the spray hits the back of my throat and I gag. Over and over until I nearly throw up and my eyes are streaming. Not pleasant. So my doctor recommended a spacer, which I bought today. I have used it once and it works without a problem!
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6979 on: September 23, 2017, 07:25:10 AM »
Since I have had the Symbicort puffer, I have had a weird problem - the spray hits the back of my throat and I gag. Over and over until I nearly throw up and my eyes are streaming. Not pleasant. So my doctor recommended a spacer, which I bought today. I have used it once and it works without a problem!

  That's excellent.  I wonder how many other inhaler users have that problem!  :orly:
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6980 on: September 23, 2017, 07:55:42 AM »
Is that the dry powder combined steroid/long acting bronchodilator type, the round disk like things that open sections, like a round magazine of bullets almost, containing a small quantity of powder? or the ones that squirt a rapidly vaporising propellant?

Never used the former type since I am not asthmatic, but the latter, ordinary 'reliever' types I've used and they use (in my experience, both one scripted from this country and when I couldn't remember where I put that, used one containing the same active drug, but from the US) absolute ethanol (pure alcohol) as the solvent remaining when whatever is in there to generate the pressure evaporates, and its nasty, you can taste the alcohol. Had to use one for a while after a gas mask temporary failure whilst working with something rather nasty, one of the interhalogen compounds, got a tiny whiff of it in escaping, and even the least reactive of them does NOT play nice. Hated using the inhaler, although did need it for 3-4 days after or so.
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6981 on: September 24, 2017, 05:09:33 AM »
It's the propellant sort that sprays, Symbicort. Budesonide and eformoterol fumerate dihydrate. I used to have the round disk-like inhaler, Seretide. But it wasn't enough recently. I needed something stronger. Symbicort is both a preventer and reliever. I am a bit peeved that I still have to take about 8 puffs a day, maybe it will get better once the weather warms up and people stop using their wood fires. ;)

Maybe you used Ventolin? I don't know what that's called in the UK.
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6982 on: September 24, 2017, 06:02:52 AM »
  I keep forgetting this morning!  After I listen to this song, I will take them.  :thumbup:
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6983 on: September 24, 2017, 06:25:10 AM »
The song must be over by now.  Did you take your meds?
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6984 on: September 24, 2017, 06:42:34 AM »
The song must be over by now.  Did you take your meds?

  Yes I did, meds and supplements.  :thumbup:
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6985 on: September 24, 2017, 08:19:55 AM »
The song must be over by now.  Did you take your meds?

  Yes I did, meds and supplements.  :thumbup:

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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6986 on: September 29, 2017, 08:20:22 AM »
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6987 on: September 30, 2017, 05:45:33 AM »
  Just took the Strattera.  Gearing up mentally for a busy work day!  :viking:
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6988 on: September 30, 2017, 10:56:18 AM »
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Re: Did you take your meds today?
« Reply #6989 on: September 30, 2017, 02:41:06 PM »
I think I forgot to take mine. :-\
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