"I want to take fewer pills"

Mar 26, 2014

(originally posted in the General forum)

This was one of my reasons for having WLS: I wanted to take fewer pills. Well, I should have specified that I wanted to take fewer prescription pills! While I have been able to get off my diabetes medication (Metformin, two 1000 mg pills per day) here's what I currently take every day:

First row: Levothyroxine, Protonix, Simvastatin, Lotrel (all my prescription meds) Multivitamins, Krill oil, baby aspirin (approved by my WL surgeon)

Second row: Calcium, calcium and more calcium

Third row: Iron, vitamin C, vitamin C, vitamin B12, Biotin, Prunelax (senna laxative, not every day), probiotic pearl.

And this doesn't include the Doxycycline I was put on yesterday for my rosacea!

Generally, it's my understanding that sleevers take fewer pills, and DSers may have to take more. This isn't vitamin wars, I just thought it would be interesting to see a visual of my daily meds/supplements routine and that maybe some newcomers may find it interesting. At first, I didn't know how I would ever fit all these in in one day! And figuring out when to take which with which, and how long to separate what from what was challenging. It's fast becoming second nature, though. I bought six pill containers from Walgreens that have three slots each, and I load them all up ahead of time so that I can pop one open and easily see what I still have to take on any given day.

I hope this is educational/entertaining!

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