Doc, These Pills Are Killin' Me

Seems each time I visit my doc he recommends more pills for my health! I'm not sure they're effective but this I know, they're depletin' my wealth! And with all the side effects, I'm really concerned about my early doom! "He expired from excessive medications!" might aptly be etched upon my tomb! The list is endless - Diuretics, Beta Blockers, Nexium, Advil and Tylenol, Alpha Blockers, Vitamin D, Zantac, Zocor, Micardis and a bit of Timolol, Carisoprodol, Hydrocholorothiazide, Alphagan, Moltrin and Fosamax, Hydroxyzine, Caltrate, Phillips Milk of Magnesia and some Atarax! The black-box warnings say I could suffer everything from dehydration, To blurred vision, dizziness, diahrea and a serious case of constipation! My Pa seldom saw a doc and lived to the ripe old age of ninety-four! He survived by sippin' SSS Blood Tonic and usin' horse linamint for His aches and pains and other such stuff peddled by the Watkins Man! I may toss the bottles and use his home-remedies to increase life's span! Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired © All Rights Reserved