A plain packaging preference and the six weeks of a routine that finally stuck.
No equipment needed and it costs nothing.
Worth trying before something more complicated.
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster.
Function over score.
Worth repeating that this is not medical advice and the answer often depends on who you are. Currently on a plain packaging preference myself.
Same shape here, different drug. The thing that helped was documenting the refusal rather than re-arguing it. They refer rather than write.
Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that. How long have you been on a plain packaging preference?
Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point.
Changing prescriber does not reset anything, and people discover that the hard way. Tolerance was my main issue with a plain packaging preference too.
Same here.
Not on a plain packaging preference but the pattern is familiar.
Interdose restlessness is distinct from the original symptom and worth naming separately. Six weeks in on a plain packaging preference and it lines up.
Enteric coatings should not be crushed. The pellets are the delivery mechanism. Tolerance was my main issue with a plain packaging preference too.
It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going.
Ten percent cuts. Slower is faster. Six weeks in on a plain packaging preference and it lines up.
Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.
Following this because I am in the same place and have no idea what to ask at the appointment.