Medication Quotes - Page 6

• I always just looked really like someone who will someday be on prescription medication.

  Carrie Fisher

  Someday, Prescriptions

  "Remembering 'Star Wars' Actress Carrie Fisher". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, kanw.com. December 28, 2016.

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• Most people do not have access to medication.

  Cleve Jones

  People, Access

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The subset of our population that has not benefited from the advancement of medication is black and brown people.

  Cleve Jones

  People, Black, Advancement

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• That connection between hormones and mood is so important to get a handle on, and it's also really important when you're considering taking medication.

  Ayelet Waldman

  Important, Connections, Mood

  Source: m.motherjones.com

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• Lots of medications work for a month, or a year, and then stop working.

  Ayelet Waldman

  Years, Months

  Source: m.motherjones.com

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• When the brain activity is kindled in the right spot, people hear voices. If a physician prescribes an anti-epileptic medication, the seizures go away and the voices disappear. Our reality depends on what our biology is up to.

  David Eagleman

  Reality, Voice, People

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• Fear was my main emotion until I started taking anti-depressant medication. And I was one of the people where, as I got older, the fear got worse and worse. So I can really relate to an animal getting, you know, scared and traumatized.

  Temple Grandin

  Animal, People, Emotion

  "Talk of the Nation" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. January 20, 2006.

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• Music's my medication.

  Kenny Chesney

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• The other option we have are medication treatments. So you'll have the treatments such as Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata, and we'll also have Rozerem and for some patients we use Benzodiazopine/Clonazepam. Things like that to help with anxiety.

  Shelby Harris

  Anxiety, Use, Helping

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

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• All around the world, there are children wishing they had some cool sneakers like you do. But before you decide to give them your old pair, they'd first like a decent meal, some fluid, and some medication so they can walk comfortably in your shoes.

  Suzy Kassem

  Children, Sneakers, Shoes

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• Sure, I've gotten old. I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees... I've fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, and take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. I have bouts with dementia, poor circulation, hardly feel my hands or feet anymore, can't remember if I'm 85 or 92, but... thank God, I still have my Florida driver's license!

  Red Buttons

  Cancer, Feet, Florida

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• I have always loved kids. They are little adults with so much personality, and it is fun to work with that. Whether that means donating school supplies or medication, or [using my celebrity] to get them a bone marrow transplant, I want to help.

  Rihanna

  Fun, School, Mean

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• If you have a relative who's lost interest in everything and doesn't get out of bed, who doesn't care for things they used to, can't imagine anything that would give them any pleasure, don't fool around with it; get therapy, get help, get medication if that's right for you, or talk therapy, or something.

  Dick Cavett

  Giving, Bed, Care

  "People With Depression Commit Suicide". Big think Interview, bigthink.com.

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• Declassified papers report that John Kennedy was taking eight different medications a day. He was so wasted, his Secret Service code name was Ted Kennedy.

  Craig Kilborn

  Eight, Names, Secret

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• And while we are on the subject of medication you always need to look at risk versus benefit.

  Temple Grandin

  Risk, Needs, Looks

  Interview With Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com.

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• At the end of the day, my hope is that when the new Medicare- Prescription Drug Law gets up and fully running a lot more seniors will pay a whole lot less than they do today for their much-needed medications.

  Dennis Hastert

  Senior, Running, Law

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• We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way we do this--through love, work, family, faith, friends, denial, alcohol, drugs, or medication, we build these walls, stone by stone, over a lifetime.

  Kay Redfield Jamison

  Depression, Wall, Sadness

  FaceBook post by Kay Redfield Jamison from Dec 20, 2010

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• I couldn't guarantee that someone could get off their medication. But I suspect that meditation instead of Ritalin would change the life of any kid with ADD.

  Russell Simmons

  Kids, Guarantees That, Meditation

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• In medicine, it has long been recognized that even a quack remedy that is harmless in itself can be fatal when it substitutes for an effective medication or treatment. The time is overdue for that same recognition to apply to politics.

  Thomas Sowell

  Medicine, Long, Political

  "Old rhetoric in new times" by Thomas Sowell, townhall.com. August 26, 2003.

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• Today, its expensive prescription medications burdening seniors on fixed incomes with thousands of dollars in yearly out-of-pocket costs.

  Jim Gerlach

  Senior, Pockets, Dollars

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• Dad was just an emotional wreck. He was drinking a lot of the time, he was smoking a lot of pot. And because he takes certain medications, the drinking was making him... you know, he wasn't even present, really.

  Jack Osbourne

  Dad, Drinking, Emotional

  "Jack Talks About His Addiction and Recovery". MTV.com, February 2003.

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• Hope, true hope, has proved as important as any medication I might prescribe or any procedure I might perform.

  Jerome Groopman

  Important, Might, Procedures

  Jerome Groopman (2003). “The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness”, p.7, Random House

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• Is it time for your medication or mine?

  Jimmy Buffett

  Insanity, Mines

  Song: I Don't Know And I Don't Care, Album: Beach House on the Moon, 1999

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• I've actually suffered from allergies my entire life. My mom had allergies, so I was aware of what an issue they can be. Many people allow their allergies to affect their lives. As a mom with two kids and two jobs, I just can't let allergies slow me down. It's a day to day thing that can really be remedied by finding the right medication.

  Alison Sweeney

  Mom, Jobs, Kids

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• In a wristwatch, imagine the battery is in the strap and there's a medical sensor in there connected to the internet. If someone is monitoring that, they could phone up if the user has forgotten to take some medication. This could save hundreds of dollars in medical fees later. What's missing? It's a stable battery.

  Donald Sadoway

  Phones, Missing, Dollars

  "The beauty of bendable batteries" by Alok Jha, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2005.

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