I’m not sure, but I suspect what I’m going to relate is common among quite a number of “older” people.

Some time back while discussing health issues, someone asked about the number of different medications I took, and how many different pills I took daily.

I had to stop and count, but then realized that “most” of the pills I took every day were not “medicine” but were vitamins, or diet supplements. All “suggested” by a doctor someplace.

The doctor-prescribed medicine is pretty easy to understand, but all that other stuff, you may just wonder about.

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