Tag Archives: “Pills”

“Have N.I.C.E Approved Apple ?”

Posted on May 5, 2013 by john graham

I have written a lot about older people’s over reliance on pills.  (Click on “PILLS” in the TAG CLOUD). My favourite cartoon character in the GrumbleSmiles  blog is “Pilly Galore” who is an elderly lady whose life revolves around pills.   … Continue reading →

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“Hooked on Pills”

Posted on February 28, 2013 by john graham

Most children seem to instinctively have an aversion to pills.   That’s why “a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down”. However, by the time we get to our later life years, the number of pills we take can become … Continue reading →

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“Kill or Cure”

Posted on June 3, 2012 by john graham

It is hard to keep up with all the medical advice on the pills and potions you should or should not take these days.  My last two blogs have talked about just two such cases.  (Click on PILLS in the … Continue reading →

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“Start Taking the Pills”

Posted on May 31, 2012 by john graham

Only just having passed on advice about stopping taking one lot of pills, (see previous blog or click on PILLS in the TAG CLOUD), now 5 minutes later comes advice, not from me, but in the Lancet no less.  EVERYONE … Continue reading →

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“Stop Taking the Pills”

Posted on May 29, 2012 by john graham

Taking pills seems to become a daily task for older people.  If doctors won’t prescribe them, we will go out and buy them for ourselves. I have written a lot about the exploits of Pilly Galore whose experience and expectation of … Continue reading →

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“The Pill Go Round”

Posted on May 6, 2012 by john graham

A recent report by Professor Sarah Harper of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, highlights the fact that we are too quick to use pills to solve our medical problems rather than making lifestyle changes. I have written about this … Continue reading →

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“Sugaring the Pill”

Posted on September 18, 2011 by john graham

When I was a child and not very well, my mother used to give me a spoonful of jam to get me to swallow any tablets or take any nasty medicine.  Most children have an inborn dislike of pills and potions.  … Continue reading →

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“Pill – Kill or Cure”

Posted on July 17, 2011 by john graham

I first wrote about the excessive amount of pills we all have in our homes way back on the 7th September 2010. The “Pills for Everything” blog talked about the cure-all drug dependency culture we have developed thanks to the … Continue reading →

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“Pilly Galore”

Posted on December 19, 2010 by john graham

A follow up to “Pills for Everything” dated 7th September 2010. This is the story of Pilly Galore and her GP, Astroglaxo.  Pilly is 85 now and each new year brings more ailments. She lives alone and rarely goes out, except … Continue reading →

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“A pill for everything”

Posted on September 7, 2010 by john graham

Since the formation of the NHS, we have become a nation of pill poppers.   We have developed an expectation that there is a tablet for every ailment.   If we visit our GP we feel shortchanged if we come away … Continue reading →

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