New figures published this week reveal more than half of over65s in the UK are now taking five pills a days – so this article about my mum and dad and their rucksack full of pills is still as relevant as it was four years ago.Sadly though, my lovely mum Elizabeth passed away in August.
CAPTION: My seventy-something parents – were they taking too many pills?
I’ve been writing about the growing problem of polypharmacy – put simply that means taking multiple daily prescription pills for long-term chronic conditions. You can read the full article here in the Daily Mail’s Good Health section http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2280761/Pills-The-patients-prescribed-25-different-drugs-day-devastating-results.html.
I got the idea for the story after my lovely parents (pictured above) who are both in their mid seventies, came to stay with me with a rucksack jam-packed full of their prescription medication. I was shocked when I saw how many tablets they had been instructed to take. Admittedly, they do both have long-term chronic health conditions including diabetes, heart disease and arthritis – but what I was surprised at was how many additional pills they were taking to counter side effects of other tablets. Also some of the drugs they had been on for years and no-one had ever…
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Spotted that one, Jo. Nice pic of your folks. How is it TW did that piece, not JW?
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GRAHAM ANDREWS Gardening Writer Website blog: Graham’s Garden Buddies https://grahamandrewsblog.wordpress.com/
(formerly gardening writer North Devon Journal)
On 15 Nov 2017 6:10 pm, ” Jo Waters posted: ” New figures published this week reveal more than half of over65s in the UK are now taking five pills a days – so this article about my mum and dad and their rucksack full of pills is still as relevant as it was four years ago.Sadly though, my lovely mu”
I just gave them the tip for that one as have written about it before GA.
As for me, I pop 5mg Ramipril plus one cod liver oil capsule. Seem to work!
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GRAHAM ANDREWS Gardening Writer Website blog: Graham’s Garden Buddies https://grahamandrewsblog.wordpress.com/
(formerly gardening writer North Devon Journal)
On 15 Nov 2017 6:10 pm, ” Jo Waters posted: ” New figures published this week reveal more than half of over65s in the UK are now taking five pills a days – so this article about my mum and dad and their rucksack full of pills is still as relevant as it was four years ago.Sadly though, my lovely mu”