My wife had a headache

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United Kingdom
January 27, 2019 4:19pm CST
My wife doesn't take headaches often but when she does it's usually pretty severe. The thing is she won't take any pills for it. She insists on letting it run its course. I find this extraordinary. Pharmaceutical companies have spent millions and devoted years to finding safe and effective cures for things like headaches. So why won't some people use them? At the first twinge of a headache I reach for the nearest packet of pills!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340230)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Jan 19
My husband is like you. Thinks there is a pill for every ailment. I have trouble swallowing pills - have you seen the size of some of those things - so it's often a last resort for me.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340230)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Jan 19
@ThreeTeddies Ugh. Vince does too now. Luckily I don't. Occasionally I'll take a Nurofen if my back is playing up but that's about it. Oh and I have golden raisins (almost the same as sultanas) soaked in gin which is supposed to help keep arthritis at bay and if it doesn't it tastes pretty good anyway.
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Teddy
@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
28 Jan 19
@JudyEv Due to my various health conditions I take so many pills I rattle when I walk!
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Teddy
@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
28 Jan 19
@JudyEv Soaked in gin for medical reasons!I've heard it all now!
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Jan 19
You sound like my husband. I have had migraines that I had to finally take a pill for but usually I am stubborn and do what your wife does. We seem to think we know ourselves better than the pharmaceutical companies.
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Teddy
@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
27 Jan 19
Not giving in to pain seems to be a female thing. Us wimpy guys, on the other hand, grab any help we can get!
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Jan 19
@ThreeTeddies We are tough that is why!
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cyclonewriter
@cyclonewriter (2168)
• United States
27 Jan 19
My husband is very resistant to taking pills for anything as well! He worries they think they know what is safe today and down the road it will be, "Ohhh we thought it was safe!" He takes things very sparingly!
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Teddy
@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
27 Jan 19
He is wise to be cautious about new medicines but the older, well-established meds like aspirin are safe when taken according to instruction
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (106425)
• Marion, Ohio
28 Jan 19
I dont like to take any pills I dont have too. So I just try to relax and wait out a headache
Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
19 Mar 19
@ThreeTeddies So why do you think she will not take anything when she gets a nasty headache?
Courage7
@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
28 Jan 19
Oh gosh terrible to suffer like that but some people do. Most of my family like that except for me and son we will take a headache pill.