Welcome to our curated collection of Medication Quotes, where the power of words meets the realm of healthcare. Medication is not just about chemical compounds; it’s about the impact it has on our lives, our bodies, and our minds. From ancient wisdom to modern insights, these quotes encapsulate the multifaceted nature of medication, ranging from its healing properties to its societal implications. Whether you’re seeking inspiration, comfort, or simply a deeper understanding of the role medication plays in our lives, you’ll find a diverse array of perspectives and sentiments within these quotes.
As you explore the quotes below, consider how medication influences not only our physical well-being but also our emotional and psychological states. Each quote offers a glimpse into the complexities of healthcare, reminding us of the importance of responsible medication use, compassion in treatment, and the ongoing pursuit of medical knowledge. Whether you’re a healthcare professional, a patient, or simply someone interested in the human experience, these quotes invite reflection and insight into the profound impact of medication.
I see a Reiki healer from time to time. She sits on my bed, and I lie in her lap. She puts her hands on me for about 45 minutes, and she reads my energy. Whenever I’m having a hard time, I call her. I also go to weekly therapy, and that has been invaluable. Also, getting on medication for my ‘neural atypicalities,’ I guess we might call them. Hari Nef
I guess I wanted to show people, among other things, that you don’t have to be a hero to get through cancer. You can be a craven coward and get through. You have to stay on your medication and take your treatments, that’s all. Harvey Pekar
I am on a strict diet now and medication. It’s torture, I simply cannot eat every two hours, which is the way all nutrition plans work these days. I lose weight but the minute I start eating again, I rapidly put it back. Shabana Azmi
He does all research now, but he put me on some medication, Zoloft, and, I tell you what, a lot of people have had pros and cons about it, but it was my wonder drug. Tanya Tucker
Before I got on full-time medication, I believed that my mental disorder was the reason I could create so much and create well, because it made me crazy. I could go to these dark places and then come out of it and just be human again. Mary Lambert
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
People shouldn’t be forced to chose between paying for rent or paying for medication. They deserve a government ready to take on Big Pharma by implementing health coverage, starting by extending pharmacare coverage to every Canadian. Jagmeet Singh
I believe that birth control is just like every other medication even though it’s a controlled substance. Rima Fakih
I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication? Gene Tierney
I am a type-2 diabetic, and they took me off medication simply because I ate right and exercised. Diabetes is not like a cancer, where you go in for chemo and radiation. You can change a lot through a basic changing of habits. Sherri Shepherd
I’ve had friends who’ve had depression or been on medication because their pituitary glands aren’t giving out enough hormones – so I’ve been around a lot of people who’ve had problems like that. I’ve always been open to talk about that. M. Shadows
When I hear about Mainers rationing their medication or losing their life-savings despite being insured, I know our health care system requires major reform. Sara Gideon
Friendship is a wildly underrated medication. Anna Deavere Smith
Colors are important. People are in clinical depression whether they are on medication or not. Neutrals are another form of medication. Alexandra Stoddard
I’ve said before, I’ve always had difficulty with anxiety and depression. I’ve been on medication for it since I was about 18 years old, varying degrees of medication. I’ve had big ups and downs with it and very bad periods. Scott Snyder
I had all this shame because when I was a kid, my parents were like, ‘You don’t get on medication. That’s weak. That’s not good for you.’ So I think I felt weak for needing that. Taylor Tomlinson
There are people who are just suicidal, regardless. They are built to self-destruct. It seems, in my family, like a virus that’s resistant to any kind of help or care or medication. Miriam Toews
When I was 34, I went and had my eggs harvested. Looking back, I was like, ‘It was easy,’ but it wasn’t that easy. It’s a lot of medication, a lot of hormones. You have to inject yourself in the stomach and I’m so terrified of needles! It was a difficult thing for me to do. Bridget Marquardt
There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication – and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips. Earl Campbell
By all means, if you have a chemical imbalance, use medication. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be allowed to have a broader conversation about the pharmaceutical industry and the deep structural flaws in our economic system. Kirsten Powers
If you know people with Type 2 diabetes, there’s a high likelihood they will have different medication regimes and different lifestyle options. When we label all these various types as the same thing, we treat them the same way, and they should not be treated the same way. Gurjeet Singh
I have battled clinical depression and have come out of the other side. I’ve been free of it for many years now. Finding the place in my own mind and heart to win that battle without using medication, finding the place within myself where I could be alive again, that was one of the biggest challenges I’ve faced. Evangeline Lilly
Depression has existed as long as mankind itself, and certainly well before psychiatry, antidepressant medication, or the nation of America itself came into being. Vikram Patel
There was a time when I had to cancel around five shows because I lost my voice due to acid reflux. Being with Journey, I get introduced to very good doctors and specialists. I’m managing the condition with proper medication. Arnel Pineda
I was depressed after the transplant because it’s very tough to understand the trauma you still face. I remember emptying a big bag of medication and just crying and thinking, ‘For me to survive another day, this is what I’ve got to take. For the rest of my life. I’m not sure I can continue.’ Andy Cole
I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don’t do only that. You also need to train your mind. Daniel Goleman
The most dangerous thing, when you have a serious mental illness, is convincing yourself that you don’t have it. And you see it all the time. People get on medication, and they feel better, and they stop taking it. And some flirt with unreality on some levels. But it feels so convincing to them that it feels real. Noah Hawley
Lifestyle change and changes in diet work faster, better and more cheaply than any medication and are as effective or more effective than gastric bypass without any side effects or long-term complications. Mark Hyman
I try not to take sleep medication. Michael Rosbash
I had a 23 per cent blockage in my micro-arteries. At first the doctors thought I needed a heart transplant, then they said I have microvascular angina, which means I will be on medication for the rest of my life. Toni Braxton
Lithium remains the gold standard, but many drugs now treat bipolar disorder. Medication is critical and should be combined with psychotherapy. Compliance is a major problem. Patients believe that once they’re better, they no longer need the medication. It doesn’t work that way. Kay Redfield Jamison
When I interviewed John McCain in 2000 about whether he had taken medication for his anger, I remember thinking, ‘Let’s see how this is going to work.’ John Dickerson
People are constantly not feeling, but numbing themselves, either through medication or playing on their phones. If you start feeling bad, it’s like, ‘Distract! Distract! Put on Storage Wars!’ And I know because I’m guilty of it, too. Mary Lambert
Some people think my singing is superb. But they’re mainly on strong medication and not allowed out much. Pierce Brosnan
My parents have been very supportive, in fact, it was my mother who identified that what I was going through was actually depression. My family and friends never let me feel as if something was wrong with me. They made me feel that what I was going through was okay. They supported my decision to take medication for depression. Deepika Padukone
When Kansans go to the pharmacy to pick up their medication, they deserve a fair deal on their drug prices. Sharice Davids
If you need medication in our country, we want to make sure you use your health card, not your credit card. That means a national publicly delivered single payer pharmacare for all. Jagmeet Singh
When you transition, it’s a long process. Some people are so, like, ignorant about it. They’re like, ‘Oh she’s a girl tomorrow.’ It’s not like that. You have to literally, you take all this medication. It’s really hard on your body. Carmen Carrera
When you’re clinically depressed the serotonin in your brain is out of balance and probably always will be out of balance. So I take medication to get that proper balance back. I’ll probably have to be on it the rest of my life. Terry Bradshaw
When I came to this country in 1958, to be a dying patient in a medical hospital was a nightmare. You were put in the last room, furthest away from the nurses’ station. You were full of pain, but they wouldn’t give you morphine. Nobody told you that you were full of cancer and that it was understandable that you had pain and needed medication. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients. Irving Kirsch
Life for me in Los Angeles required medication. I spent nine years being sad and down in the dumps. L.A. doesn’t work with my chemistry. David Burtka
I am diagnosed with what’s called ‘REM behavior disorder.’ As far as the disorder goes, there’s no cure, but it’s going pretty well as far as these things go. I see a sleep doctor, take medication, etc. Mike Birbiglia
We need to ask whether, in the long term, some individuals with a history of psychosis may do better off medication. Thomas R. Insel
I don’t have a thyroid anymore. I had radioactive iodine treatment, which destroyed my thyroid. I take medication every day. Gail Devers
The United States government approaches patient choice in medication as Singapore does free speech: its pronouncements sound reasonable and tolerant until you threaten its prerogatives. Virginia Postrel
There are many types of preventive health care services that are covered, things like blood pressure medication, for example. And women are merely asking that their health be taken just as seriously. Sandra Fluke
The medication I had to take was a form of chemotherapy. You feel like death every day. No appetite. No energy. But the treatment worked. It cured my liver 80 per cent but compromised my kidneys. Natalie Cole
I’m fine, but I’m bipolar. I’m on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in touch with the illness I have. I’m never quite allowed to be free of that for a day. It’s like being a diabetic. Carrie Fisher
If you are on the right medication… stay on it and don’t change. But if it doesn’t seem to be working, then go to a doctor and find the right one for you. Mariette Hartley
I recently have had a full hip replacement and a liver transplant, and I’m getting used to the medication. Evel Knievel
It’s anxiety that led to a depression that I’ve been dealing with since I was 16, 17. That was the first time I was ever prescribed medication for either of those disorders I guess you would call it. Vic Mensa
Women should use pain medication only as directed and talk with their doctor about all drugs they’re taking, including over-the-counter medications. Store prescription drugs in a secure place and properly dispose of them as soon as treatment is over. And never share prescription drugs with anyone else. Tom Frieden
While receiving radiation treatment for a thyroid illness, I had refused to take beta-blockers – a medication that would have eased its side effects – because they were deemed illegal by the sport’s governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations. Gail Devers
I take the medication for myself so I can transact, not for anyone else. But I am aware that it is empowering for people to see what I do and, for the most part, people in the Parkinson’s community are just really happy that Parkinson’s is getting mentioned, and not in a pitying way. Michael J. Fox
If you start using a medication in a person with autism, you should see an obvious improvement in behavior in a short period of time. If you do not see an obvious improvement, they probably should not be taking the stuff. It is that simple. Temple Grandin
Medication can help us live a happier life. Carnie Wilson
I invite the entire spectrum, shall we call it, of feeling. Because that is my greatest resource as a film actor. I need to be able to feel everything, which is why I refuse to go on any kind of medication. Not that I need to! But my point is, I wouldn’t even explore that, because it would get in the way of my instrument. Nicolas Cage
A country can develop only when you ensure these basic rights, let them voice their opinion and give them basic education, hygiene, medication, portable water and when you empower that is true development. Sayani Gupta
Through my own struggles with depression, I discovered that knowledge, therapy, medication and education can provide the strength to get through it in one piece. Susan Polis Schutz
The funniest memory that I can recall about my school days has to be one incident that involved unfinished homework for numerous days. I didn’t do any of my homework for days and days at a stretch, and kept stalling my teacher that I was extremely unwell and was under heavy medication. Karan Patel
I was diagnosed with OCD and depression, and that was a huge relief, because now my struggles had a name and could be reckoned with. With a combination of therapy and medication, I got better. I learned to love life again. My problems didn’t go away, but they became much easier to face. Shannon Purser
The only medication that I am on, I am on asthma, and I have had that since I was a child. That’s just a normal use. Mo Farah
We need to do everything we can to protect the health and welfare of children around the world, but fortunately, it’s getting easier to provide things like medication and care. Alek Wek
Thankfully, I found a doctor at Presbyterian Hospital in New York, Scott Hammer, who diagnosed my chronic fatigue as the Epstein-Barr virus, and the medication I took either helped jump-start my immune system or made the virus dormant. I was very lucky. Tucker Halpern
I remember my father, when I said I was going down to Little Rock to work for Governor Clinton’s run for president, he thought maybe somebody needed to check the medication cabinet. He thought somebody was playing around with it. He had never heard of him, he said. I said, ‘Well, I think he’s going to be the next President of the United States.’ Rahm Emanuel
If you’re in a diabetic or prediabetic state, it’s good to have medication to go on for a period of time. But simply by making the changes – get your sleep, 35 grams of fiber and a half-hour walk – your cholesterol will come down, your sugar will come down, and your blood pressure will come down. Only the minority of people can’t control it. Michael Moore
A lot of medical problems are solved if doctors are nice to patients. If you can make them think positive, you may not need medication. Rajkumar Hirani
Sometimes I say the medication is even tougher than the illness. Sanya Richards-Ross
Depression is something that doesn’t just go away. It’s just… there and you deal with it. It’s like… malaria or something. Maybe it won’t be cured, but you’ve got to take the medication you’re prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it. Adam Ant
My doctor explained that exercise and diet changes might help and that I also might need a medication. Della Reese
I think there’s no question that vaccines have been absolutely critical in ridding us of the scourge of many diseases – smallpox, polio, etc. So vaccines are an invaluable medication. Like any medication, they also should be – what shall we say? – approved by a regulatory board that people can trust. Jill Stein
The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing to train the mind, so that when you come off the medication, you are just as vulnerable to a relapse as though you had never taken the medication. Daniel Goleman
Not a single Mainer should be rationing their medication or avoiding a trip to the doctor because they aren’t sure what it will end up costing. Sara Gideon
I have an irregular heartbeat, so that means a fair amount of medication – and I have blood pressure pills, too, but no vitamins or supplements. Maeve Binchy
An actor with a genuine gift has the power to transport you from whatever your own pains may be into an entirely different world, freeing you from whatever you may be going through. At its best, it can be better than any medication. Robert Rinder
I don’t do much physical yoga anymore, but I do use yoga for a series of medication techniques, and I do them every day. It keeps me in good health, keeps me good on the inside, and I use these techniques to keep my personal life on form. Rui Patricio
And while we are on the subject of medication you always need to look at risk versus benefit. Temple Grandin
I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I’m planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That’s not so difficult now, but when you’re 10 years old, it’s tough, let me tell you. Dana Hill
Insulin is a crisis medication. Susan Burton
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
Since childhood I’ve always had a tendency to lean towards melancholy. My sisters suffer from it too, so maybe it’s a genetic thing. But none of us has ever been on medication. Natalie Imbruglia
I’ve got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I’ve taken better care of my illness. Ville Valo
I am on medication – I’ve talked about that before – just to help my anxiety, so I’m not depressed all the time. Lili Reinhart
The truth is I was suffering from bipolar disorder. It went on for 18 months, during which I changed four doctors, the medication wasn’t working on me, and crazy things were happening. Yo Yo Honey Singh
I went to multiple doctors to make sure that I’m taking the right anti-depression medication and make sure that my blood pressure’s okay. I found out that my blood pressure wasn’t okay and that I had a fatty liver. All these health risks were coming up. Ashley Nell Tipton
I don’t take any of the medications I took when I was younger: antibiotics, antacids, aspirin, asthma inhalers, ulcer medication, allergy shots. Alicia Silverstone
As soon as we find a cure, we will utilize any of the donations to go toward providing medication to those who can’t afford it. That is my goal. Montel Williams
Mail enables businesses to deliver vital services and products, including medication, and allows these same businesses to receive payments in a timely way. Raja Krishnamoorthi
I can’t deal with a lot of spice but I have to eat it. I pay the price – I’m on medication for heartburn, so that’s how I deal with it. Tom Colicchio
I was diagnosed with depression at fourteen, but I couldn’t find any medication that did anything for me other than making things worse. Zoe Quinn
Human bodies are designed for regular physical activity. The sedentary nature of much of modern life probably plays a significant role in the epidemic incidence of depression today. Many studies show that depressed patients who stick to a regimen of aerobic exercise improve as much as those treated with medication. Andrew Weil
I can live a totally normal life and do everything I want to do just as long as I take my medication. My body will give me signals if it gets weak or fatigued, so I know when I need to take a break. Toni Braxton
Although I take the medication, which has made a huge impact on my life in a positive way, still, honestly, when I’m a bit sick is when I’m at my most creative. Beth Hart
Psychiatrists always say, Oh, we’re very professional. I use exercise as my medication. Trisha Goddard
I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I’ve chosen not to take medication for it. Because of that, every once in a while I go through manic episodes and really depressed episodes. Scott Weiland
The World Health Organisation has a lot of its medical experts sitting in Geneva while hospitals in Africa have no drugs and desperate patients are forced to seek medication on the black market. Pauline Hanson
I have permanent damage to my facial nerves. I went to the UCLA Movement Disorder Clinic, and after two years of tests and constant monitoring they have finally found the right medication that keeps the spasms under control. Gabrielle Carteris
Moral Injury is differentiated from PTSD in that it directly relates to guilt and shame veterans experience as a result of committing actions that go against their moral codes. Therapists who study and treat moral injury have found that no amount of medication can relieve the pain of trying to live with these moral burdens. Chuck Norris
I’ve been taking medication for depression and anxiety ever since I was a teenager and I’ve had treatment for both. Olly Alexander