I see many of the comments in this thread are along the lines of, "...go to the gym, eat healthy, and you won't need that junk," etc., etc. I would venture to guess that most of these comments are written by folks under the age of say, 35-40. Unless you are extremely fortunate, once most people pass 50, they begin to pick up one condition or another, energy levels decline, and a few other variables.
I was a bodybuilder/weightlifter until I was about 35, then life became more complicated after I was married, we purchased a home, etc., etc. Now that I'm past 60, there are a handful of prescriptions I take "as needed" such that I can continue to be productive and not in pain.
Please don't be so judgmental of seniors, and claim that their use of prescriptions is solely due to their failures to live their lives as you do in your 20s or 30s. Your time is coming.
I wasn't necessarily responding to your OP, I was commenting on the posts by others. That said, were you perhaps exaggerating a bit? I'm not sure very many seniors take "20 different prescriptions," and certainly not "most."
I'm 60, still in the gym, I don't lift anything heavier than 45 lbs with dumbells, mostly body weight, dips, pull-up marine corps style, at least three sets of 10 some days 10 sets of ten. Yoga almost every day.
I see many of the comments in this thread are along the lines of, "...go to the gym, eat healthy, and you won't need that junk," etc., etc. I would venture to guess that most of these comments are written by folks under the age of say, 35-40. Unless you are extremely fortunate, once most people pass 50, they begin to pick up one condition or another, energy levels decline, and a few other variables.
I was a bodybuilder/weightlifter until I was about 35, then life became more complicated after I was married, we purchased a home, etc., etc. Now that I'm past 60, there are a handful of prescriptions I take "as needed" such that I can continue to be productive and not in pain.
Please don't be so judgmental of seniors, and claim that their use of prescriptions is solely due to their failures to live their lives as you do in your 20s or 30s. Your time is coming.
I wasn't necessarily responding to your OP, I was commenting on the posts by others. That said, were you perhaps exaggerating a bit? I'm not sure very many seniors take "20 different prescriptions," and certainly not "most."
I'm 60, still in the gym, I don't lift anything heavier than 45 lbs with dumbells, mostly body weight, dips, pull-up marine corps style, at least three sets of 10 some days 10 sets of ten. Yoga almost every day.