Helen: Adjusting to multiple medicines – Positive outcomes that help people adjust
Listen to patients and health professionals speak about their experience with taking multiple medicines.
Helen
Female
Age at interview: 58
Number of medicines: 10
Cultural background: Anglo-Australian
Helen credits Seretide with allowing her to be more active and to avoid hospital visits.
Seretide is like a miracle. Seretide I think is like a bit of a wonder drug. It's made my asthma absolutely controlled. I still occasionally forget to take it and if I do I think, oh my God, what am I about to do to myself? But I know I've got Ventolin in my bag … which is not on the list … but I do have a backup. Seretide I think has been like a lifesaver for me. It has probably allowed me to do more exercise than I was doing before. It means I breathe normally. It means I don't go to hospital outpatients with an asthma attack. I love it.
The Living with multiple medicines project was developed in collaboration with Healthtalk Australia.