Overmedication with cancer and other conditions

Posted by Maureen, Alumna Mentor @alpaca, Apr 17, 2018

A lot of us with cancer are getting older and have comorbidities (new word I have acquired on this journey), so a danger is that we need a lot of medications to control not only pain but blood pressure, thyroid etc. We can be caught up in a tangle of medications all with their side-effects and possibly interactions. Do you have any tips about how to manage this?

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Sep 23, 2018

In reply to @mgreene "Good for you, John. I admire your self-discipline. How is your cholesterol now, if you do..." + (show)

@stephend my last lipid panel was back in January but wasn't too bad - Cholesterol, HDL, S - 50 MG/DL, Calculated LDL - 88 MG/DL and Non HDL Cholesterol - 108 MG/DL