tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584420.post8278618856737525098..comments2024-03-19T14:44:41.142+00:00Comments on incurable hippie's musings and rants: PharmacologyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584420.post-47336298374103391672010-02-12T19:00:03.150+00:002010-02-12T19:00:03.150+00:00Yes! I get 'You do know you're on TWO anti...Yes! I get 'You do know you're on TWO antidepressants?' quite a lot. (Yes of course I do). Mind you, it was only him today that told me that one of them activates dopamine receptors while the other deactivates them, so they might have something worth saying after all ;-) Thankfully, both do more than dopamine stuff so hopefully I'm not just spending the NHS's money cancelling out one pill with two others.<br /><br />Plus noone can pronounce quetiapine (the other one that deactivates dopamine receptors), which is fine for yer average person, but when a pharmacist is trying to pretend he knows more about taking it than you, but can't say it, it doesn't inspire confidence.incurable hippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13064136978198714689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584420.post-89870455075212874132010-02-12T18:50:43.626+00:002010-02-12T18:50:43.626+00:00I don't get it either. My dad knows he takes o...I don't get it either. My dad knows he takes one pill for cholesterol, one pill for blood pressure, and so on and so on. But he doesn't know which is which. Even that makes my jaw drop. How can people just shove things in their mouths without knowing exactly what it's for?<br /><br />I've had the odd comments from pharmacists like "erm, you're taking Abc twice a day. It's usually only supposed to be taken once a day."<br /><br />("Yes, I know. But if I only take it once a day my sinuses swell up and hurt so much I feel like I'm dying.")<br /><br />Or "Did you know that Abc and Xyz are both antihistamines? It's odd to take 2."<br /><br />("Well, that's what my allergist prescribed me on the basis of the severity of my problems...")<br /><br />But usually I just go to the same pharmacy and the pharmacist knows that I know what I'm swallowing.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.com