do you use medicine?

i know some people who would never take panadol or the likes.. i've never understood this.

i've got the flu and like clockwork, i feel like muck every 4 hours or so.. until my lemsip and solpadeine kicks in.

so yay or nay for mild medicine?

AnonoBoy

I'm so bad I make medicine sick.

brummytom

I do yeah... I had a thing for paracetomol (sp?) about a year ago, just started taking them all the time so I don't touch them anymore.

But yeah if I'm not well I'll take whatever will make me well!

deisedude

I think laughter is the best medicine so when i feel sick i dress up cats and make them dance. Cheaper than panadol too

Cows Go µ

I have a tendency not to take medicine. Mainly because I don't think of it. But when I do, I generally take it religiously.

El Guapo!

If Im really bad I'll take something but my main saviour is Alka Selzer for a hang-over!!

Ro: maaan!

Rarely. I'd take a bit of echinacea when I've a cold. Bongella for a mouth ulser. No panadol, no lemsip, no zovirax, etc.

Kradock

Copious amounts of medicine for every little ailment I get , this week I am mostly taking viagra

Ro: maaan!

Ro: maaan! wrote: »

Rarely. I'd take a bit of echinacea when I've a cold. Bongella for a mouth ulser. No panadol, no lemsip, no zovirax, etc.

any particular reason apart from your liver? ( think its the liver that gets damaged )

TPD

Yup. Wouldn't normally take anything for a regular headache, just let it wear off, but if the throat is playing up, the lemsips go down. My throat, that is.

Mimikyu

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TheZohanS

I never take Panadol etc.

If you get a headache there's usually a reason why, dehydrated etc etc.

Treat the cause, not the symptoms.

My name is URL

deisedude wrote: »

I think laughter is the best medicine so when i feel sick i dress up cats and make them dance. Cheaper than panadol too

Panalol

getting my coat

BlueSpiral

I'll only take medicine if a doctor has prescribed it to me, and I'll only go to the doctor if I'm forced to. I personally hate taking any medicine, my older sister used to take a lot of antibiotics and others medicines when she was a child and it's very likely it contributed to her bad immune system now. Her body can hardly fight off a touch of the flu.

I'll never take medicine except paracetamol for a bad headache. I'll take medicine if I'm viciously sick, but luckily it hardly happens. If you got the flu, its all about resting and relaxing.

My name is URL

My name is URL wrote: »

Panalol

getting my coat

i just fell in love

genericguy

yea url, get your coat.

i'd never touch anything with paracetamol in it, it's horrible shyte. nurofen/ibuprofen is more effective, far less shytey on the liver.

and robitussin conquers all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-EBG3a7jU

ChocolateSauce

If I'm actually sick, of course, and only a fool wouldn't. But for me to consider myself in need of medicine I'd have to be pretty bad.

id be the same, ill generally get sick once a year but it'll be the whole nine yards so i take every bit of medicine i can find

JohnCleary

Only Tonic Wine aka. Buckfast

chopperbyrne

I only take any medicine when I'm prescribed it. The only exception is if I have a toothache, then I'll take painkillers.

metaoblivia

I rarely take over the counter medicine. I don't know why, really. Just not in the habit. I rarely get sick and I was in my 20s before I had my first headache. Normally when I do get sick, it's not serious enough to warrant a visit to the doctor and thus, not serious enough to warrant taking medicine.

That said, I'm fairly certain I'm going to fall victim to the swine flu this fall, and my refusal to take medicine or go to the doctor will be my final undoing!

stovelid

The odd Neurofen + for headaches or when I hurt my back playing football.

A Lemsip the odd time.

pikachucheeks

If I'm sick, I'll take something.

I wouldn't open a drawer, find some paracetamol and think "Oh, this'll do for breakfast!" or anything!

JohnCleary

JohnCleary wrote: »

Only Tonic Wine aka. Buckfast

had one saturday nite.. thought id be immune to illness for at least a fortnight :P

Tar.Aldarion

No I never use it, never really get sick but if I do I don't wanna use it.

xzanti

My bf is like that, he could have a banging headache and he still won't take a pain killer, doesn't 'agree' with it what's not to agree with, why suffer when you can relieve the pain??

I'm the total opposite, if I even feel a sniffle coming on I'm practically getting myself airlifted 2 the nearest chemist

dr.bollocko

I don't care if I even have a ghost of a headache or I just farted strangely. I take all the drugs available to me all the time.

Tar.Aldarion

dr.bollocko wrote: »

I don't care if I even have a ghost of a headache or I just farted strangely. I take all the drugs available to me all the time.

'Seriously baby I can prescribe anything'

xzanti

I think a lot of people avoid taking medicine casually because they fear they'll build up a resistance and it won't work properly when they really need it.. The way I see it, if I'm that sick, it'll be more than a few paracetemol I'll be after :rolleyes: :pac:

Mr.Obvious

Used to always take paracetamol for my headaches. Then i found out they were sinus headaches so i take sudafed/actifed instead.

Haven't gotten one in months but it baffles me why someone would endure hours of agony when they could be free from the pain completely.

As for natural remedies.......I once woke up at 5am with the most excruciating stomach pain. I figured a fap would cause an endorphin release which would help ease my pain. It actually kinda worked :eek:.

minidazzler

Never.

SeekUp

I won't take medicine if I have a headache/cramps/whatever and I'm sitting around at home or something.

But if I need to be up and about, then definitely . . . and anytime I feel a sore throat coming on, I take whatever I can to soothe it and reduce the discomfort.

Four-Percent

deisedude wrote: »

I think laughter is the best medicine so when i feel sick i dress up cats and make them dance. Cheaper than panadol too

:eek: Me too. Are we related?

banshee_bones

Usually if its a headache i try to treat the cause, so i eat,drink water, get some fresh air, cut out caffeine,use an icepack.
However if its persistent or shaping up to be a migraine will i take something.

Mr.Obvious

Mr.Obvious wrote: »

As for natural remedies.......I once woke up at 5am with the most excruciating stomach pain. I figured a fap would cause an endorphin release which would help ease my pain. It actually kinda worked :eek:.

yea nothin clears a badly blocked nose like a good fap.. not sure how it works but it just does.

obviously this can be socially awkward if done outside the privacy of your own home/portaloo.

irish_bob

i suffer from chronic pain ( accident two years ago ) so im on painkillers all the time , varys from four a day up to eight , my gp wont prescribe me morphine based painkillers as he says i will become addicted , screw that , better a junky than eternal pain :mad:

Hagar

Not a big fan of doctors or medicine. I don't take any medicines, literally ever. Don't see the need for them. The only time I've ever spent a night in hospital, birth aside, was having when I had my tonsils out. I remember it as if it were yesterday but it was 1960. Oh, I had wisdom teeth out in 1994. Apart from that nothing. People are getting soft.

BaconZombie

Does Beer/Vodka/Absinthe count?

JohnCleary

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had one saturday nite.. thought id be immune to illness for at least a fortnight :P

Sipping on one right now to cure the illness before I go out - crowded pubs... never know when ya could catch the oul' swine flu!

ah dont sicken me, shud be havin one right now aswell if i was fit..

maybe granny was right tho, a glass a day would be better than a bottle in a night!

wudangclan

never.herb ftw.

JohnCleary

Deleted User wrote: »

ah dont sicken me, shud be havin one right now aswell if i was fit..

maybe granny was right tho, a glass a day would be better than a bottle in a night!

LOL epic :pac:

I know it's gone beyond a joke when I start buyin the stuff by the case

deisedude

Four-Percent wrote: »

:eek: Me too. Are we related?

Dad, Is it you? :pac:

Pace2008

genericguy wrote: »

and robitussin conquers all.

The non-drowsy one for dry coughs makes you trip balls if you down a few bottles.

Novella

I never feel better when I take medicine so I just don't bother. Except for that time I got food poisoning and the doctor put a tablet in my bum. :(:eek:

gerky

Novella wrote: »

I never feel better when I take medicine so I just don't bother. Except for that time I got food poisoning and the doctor put a tablet in my bum. :(:eek:

Can't believe you fell for it, oldest trick in the book:pac:

Damn docs and their pervy ways:)

flanum

The wrong Medicine!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7samYP0uKE

Ruu_Old

Rarely anymore, I try and sleep it off or work out a bit, whatever I am able for. I only get the odd headache now and again anyway.

In All Fairness

Hot whiskey for a cold. I'd rather people call me a shocking Hypochondriac.

dearg lady

Ugh, I just woke up with a nasty cold so I'm findin this quite topical. Supposed to be goin the picnic so anything to make me better now I'll probably take.... advice peeps?

Crumble Froo

only tend to use medicine recreationally. :pac: other than that, ill put up with headaches and colds and chest infections and the like. not really had any other problems over the last few years that required seeing a doctor/taking meds. dont like doctors or *having* to take meds in general though. never take painkillers.