Glimpsing the private and complicated - The relationship a patient has with their pills

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Glimpsing the private and complicated - The relationship a patient has with their pills

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Lucy O'Hagan

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Pills can be a patient's friend or foe. Photo: iStock

JUST WONDERING

Swallow that pill. It’s not as easy as the prescriber might think, writes Lucy O’Hagan

As a GP, I spend a lot of the day convincing people who feel perfectly well to take a whole lot of pills so they will still feel good in five to 10 ye