[alephnull]

I have worked directly or indirectly in the pharmaceutical industry since 1991. I have read all of the documentation on the products and seen the legal papers from inside the companies. I wouldn’t take an aspirin unless I was convinced I would die in the next 12 hours if I didn’t take it.

[Ambrosia]

I take it you mean blood pressure meds, diabetic meds, or meds for any other disease?? WOW, that’s scary to think about. I am anti statin drugs.

[Bodega]

I wouldn’t take an aspirin unless I was convinced I would die in the next 12 hours if I didn’t take it.
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Me either. I have several autoimmune diseases that could be made easier with several drugs I do not take. I do take methotrexate (MTX), Orencia and Forteo. Taking the first two like clock work enables me to actually function but not necessarily on all burners. Forteo is to fill my brittle holey bones with a calcium matrix that won’t let them break. I have pain constantly at some level; some enough to waken me at night from an already restless sleep. I do not take any opiod for those nights but I do take ibuprofen.

My self-imposed limit on RXs is three. Even at two I am unclear what the ultimate side effects might be. And at three NO ONE KNOWS. Period.

I wish all of you a pain free life. What a wonderful life that could well be!!!!!!!!!