When you are on a medication regimen, what do you say you are doing?

Aristus

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Wed Nov-09-11 10:46 PM
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Poll question: When you are on a medication regimen, what do you say you are doing?

Edited on Wed Nov-09-11 10:47 PM by Aristus

In a typical day of clinic, I hear variations of the ones below. What do you say?

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MiddleFingerMom

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Wed Nov-09-11 11:06 PM
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1. I bend over and insert my medications.

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I don't REALLY take them that way, but I like to see the raw
burning envious looks in others' eyes when I say it.
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And, you know, the way to a man's heart is through... well,
you know.
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I tried to make it an oral regimen, but those damned
suppositories taste like shit.
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At a certain point... quite literally.
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Tuesday Afternoon

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Wed Nov-09-11 11:13 PM
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2. do they really say the word medications?

most of the people I know that are on a regimen say "meds"

:shrug:

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GreenPartyVoter

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Thu Nov-10-11 11:54 AM
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7. I "take my meds."

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sakabatou

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Fri Nov-11-11 01:36 AM
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15. That's what I do

"I'm taking/took my meds."

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Aristus

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Fri Nov-11-11 12:04 AM
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13. No. The emphasis was on the verb.

'Medications' is just a word I've become accustomed to using.

I got the idea for this poll because I have one patient who, when his blood pressure is sky high during a visit, assures me that he has been "eating" his meds as prescribed. I thought that was an odd way to put it, and I wanted to know who else uses a verb other than "take".

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REP

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Thu Nov-10-11 12:06 AM
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3. 'Medications' is a useless neologism I refuse to use;

I take my medicine as prescribed.

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pacalo

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Thu Nov-10-11 01:13 AM
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4. I call it medicine.

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fizzgig

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Thu Nov-10-11 01:24 AM
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5. i take my meds

i only drink mine when i don't have to go to work ;)

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HopeHoops

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Thu Nov-10-11 07:51 AM
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6. Other: "Raid my geezer box"

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GreenPartyVoter

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Thu Nov-10-11 11:54 AM
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8. LOL

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Arkansas Granny

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Thu Nov-10-11 11:56 AM
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9. That all depends. Is it prescribed medicine or am I self-medicating?

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zanana1

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Thu Nov-10-11 12:25 PM
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10. I have to take so many pills....

I call taking my medication "breakfast".

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LeftishBrit

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Thu Nov-10-11 01:22 PM
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11. I take my medicine. Or 'pills' perhaps.

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sarge43

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Thu Nov-10-11 03:20 PM
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12. Pop pills n/t

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csziggy

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Fri Nov-11-11 01:29 AM
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14. I say "I took my stupid pills"

Because the Vicodin cuts my IQ in half and makes me really really stupid.

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Odin2005

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Sat Nov-12-11 12:04 AM
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16. "take my anti-hyper pill and my anti-psycho pill"

(Ritalin and Paxil)

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wickerwoman

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Sat Nov-12-11 12:34 AM
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17. I'm self-medicating.

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Kali

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Sat Nov-12-11 01:00 AM
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18. usually take or took (or more likely - forgot to)

although sometimes I eat some aspirin or other pain relievers. and back in the day some people used eat for taking LSD - as in "I just ate a hit of acid." not me, of course:hippie:

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