Atorvastatin, Bisoprolol, Eplerenone, Aspirin, Fluoxetine, Digoxin, Frusemide, Entresto, Dapagliflozin, Warfarin, Zopiclone, a Fentanyl patch, Panadeine Forte, Oxycodone, Diazepam, Insulin, and Ozempic.
That’s the cocktail of medicine Roderick Jones has to take day by day to handle a spread of continual situations and the ache they trigger him.
“Each day I get up and the ache is about eight out of 10,” he mentioned.
“On dangerous days it may be 15 out of 10.”
The checklist used to quantity virtually 20 medication however Jones mentioned that they had been streamlined down.
The 56-year-old began taking treatment for ache after blowing out 4 discs in his again whereas lifting sacks of flour at his job at a restaurant within the Nineteen Nineties.
Repeated accidents in addition to a coronary heart assault have restricted his mobility, and the medicines go away him unable to focus on dangerous days.
However Jones stays upbeat about his life, taking solace in accomplice Rose and his two adopted daughters, in addition to hobbies resembling flying drones and tinkering along with his bike.
“Engaged on the bike ought to take me two hours, nevertheless it takes me all day. I’ll work on it for a bit, and should go have a lie down,” he mentioned.