I used to enjoy taking drugs. When did this happen?

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numberjhonny5ive@reddit

Some people in this post should check out nutritionfacts.org and listen to (or read) How Not To Die. Great resources and I couldn’t feel better and have better health after making some changes.

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Yeah, I try not to preach but with a very strict diet (I follow the Pritikin regimen) and a lot of exercise (I run 25 miles a week) I am 55 and do not take any daily medications. It was not always like this. Before changing my diet, in my 30’s and early 40’s I was overweight, had high cholesterol, borderline BP, and GERD so bad that if I didn’t take a daily pill (Nexium) it would feel like someone lit a pack of matches in my stomach. Not everybody has to be a slave to a daily pill regimen, but you have to be willing to sacrifice to avoid it.

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Cranky_Hippy@reddit

No pills here either at 54. I don't do all that fancy stuff though; I just follow a vegetarian/pescatarian diet, avoid sugary drinks and so on, and try to exercise daily.

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CrankyDoo@reddit

As I tell my daughter, if you don’t overindulge when you are young, you don’t have to be as extreme as I am. I abused the shit out of my body in my 20’s and 30’s, so I pay the price now. I salute those that avoided my path of overindulgence. I wish I had had your discipline when I was younger.

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Cranky_Hippy@reddit

Haha, I wish. My body got the hard labor beat down when I was a kid, followed by a rough ten years on the street. After that I've pretty much been the workhorse for my family and have only recently have had a chance to have a break and think about my own wellbeing.

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1questions@reddit

Not all medications can be avoided simply by exercising and eating right. Things like low functioning thyroid requires pills and even on the best diet and with lots of exercises you’re not going to avoid medication for it.

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CrankyDoo@reddit

You will note that I said “Not EVERYBODY has to be a slave…”. Of course there are unavoidable essential medications. If you are a type 1 diabetic, no diet or exercise plan is going to provide the insulin your pancreas is no longer producing. That does not contradict the fact that our society is consuming massive amounts of medications that could be avoided with lifestyle modifications. And I don’t judge the people that decide not to make those modifications. I get it. I didn’t for several years myself. My message is only to those that want a POTENTIAL alternative to pill boxes loaded with medications.

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angry_old_dude@reddit

Marcus Welby MD. over here. :)

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melatonia@reddit

Maybe try harder?

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numberjhonny5ive@reddit

Wow, that is awesome! I went vegan for a week and felt so good haven’t looked back. I also have just started intermittent fasting with getting more keto, another game changer. The idea of getting into autophagy as long as possible has been really appealing. Cleaning up as much historical abuse I have done is a good motivator. I do need to exercise more though.

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easterncockatoo@reddit

It's become a fucking chore

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Roofofcar@reddit

Hey, I’m on three of those! Amlodipine for the win. Only one that’s worked for me.

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ThumbsUp2323@reddit (OP)

Brought my BP down from 220/170 daily hypertensive crisis to a bit less insane 140/100(ish). My new PCP was literally shocked by my initial reading when I first transferred to her practice.

Wanted to admit me to the ER immediately.

I felt fine, so I went home instead. Smoked some weed. Took the meds (and a dozen others trying to find the right combo).

It's been more than a year od trial and error, and my average medicated BP is now somewhere around 135/90.

Doc says it's "good enough."

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Infamous-Topic4752@reddit

I feel like this little story of just trying combos of drugs till it worked is exactly how you wind up in your situation

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ThumbsUp2323@reddit (OP)

Not doing that is how you wind up dead.

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Infamous-Topic4752@reddit

No, not following doctor orders is how you wind up dead.

Trying random combos of meds is how you fuck yourself up and most likely wind up dead.

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angry_old_dude@reddit

Why would you draw the conclusion that they're just trying stuff on their own? The logical conclusion, even in the absence of an explicit statement, is that they're working with their doctors.

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Infamous-Topic4752@reddit

By the opening statement of "i used to like taking drugs"

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angry_old_dude@reddit

The intent of that comment is that they used like taking recreational drugs. The point being that they used to like taking drugs for fun but now have to take them for health reasons.

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Infamous-Topic4752@reddit

Yes, exactly that literally the whole point of my initial comment.

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ThumbsUp2323@reddit (OP)

The fuck are you talking about? My primary care physician and support team worked carefully to devise a structured Rx regimen that would keep me alive.

Not sure where you're getting that sort of nonsense from.

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angry_old_dude@reddit

It's just plain weird that someone would assume that someone would be doing this on their own without medical supervision.

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Infamous-Topic4752@reddit

Lol ok. Your post literally days you used to like taking drugs, how did this happen. You then comment how your dr wanted to get you to er and get you soecific meds/care to which you said fuck it im going home and figuring it out yourself. But sure. Whatever you need to say to justify your bs

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BigConstruction4247@reddit

Are you me?

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Comfortable_Sea634@reddit

I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to too

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Fragrant-Evening8895@reddit

Oof! Only thing worse than taking that many is having a ‘second shift’! All my friends know when my phone alarm goes off at 4:30 that it’s time for my ‘antipsychotics’. Makes me feel younger than saying cholesterol and pressure pills.

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PoopPant73@reddit

I’m with you! Adderal and Abilfy keep me sane, 1600 mg of Gabapentin keeps my nerve pain down. Gotta take meds every 8 hours and I do swing shift.

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DorianGre@reddit

Adderal+Gabapentin gang unite!

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CptBronzeBalls@reddit

Hell yeah. My brain runs at about 25% without amphetamines. Unfortunately I didn’t find that out until I was 43.

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trUth_b0mbs@reddit

20yr old you: taking pills at raves from random.

40yr old you: wondering if it's safe to mix magnesium supplements with vitamin d supplements.

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fraghead5@reddit

You can give ChatGPT all your vitamins and drugs and it can tell you if any have interactions or if you should cycle some on and off and such.

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SheriffBartholomew@reddit

Definitely verify anything AI tells you when you're dealing with important subjects.

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fraghead5@reddit

I do, but it’s an easy overview, I work in IT/tech for the last 25 years I am good with my LLM usage

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melatonia@reddit

Correction: you can give ChatGPT all your vitamins and drugs and it will parrot back the mean of all human mediocrity.

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newredditsucks@reddit

Or just make shit up and tell you that you can only boof your fish oil pills.

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Existing-Hawk5204@reddit

Wut?

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fraghead5@reddit

Cool

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02meepmeep@reddit

That’s about what I take in the morning. And then 8 more at night. Smoking was probably a mistake.

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SheriffBartholomew@reddit

I miss the social aspects of smoking.

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doc_witt@reddit

Nah, it totally made you look a lot cooler! /s

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Historical_Tomato374@reddit

Mancala, Gen X edition

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Hour_Recognition_923@reddit

I used to take drugs. I still do, but I used to as well.

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miragemonk@reddit

55 here, didn’t take a thing until 49 hit. Now I’m up to three, one for BP, one for gout prevention, and one for the ol’ prostate. Plus half a baby dose of Xanax if I’m feeling it. All at night before bed. Have an alarm on my phone named “Pills, baby!” (Parks and rec fans, IYKYK) 😂

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angry_old_dude@reddit

I take about the same number of pills between what I take in the morning and at night. None of them are fun drugs.

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duck_butter@reddit

I don't take any pills. Though it does look like a 150mg doses of Sertaline sitting in them slots.

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skoltroll@reddit

When the drugs you did caught up with you

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justfukkingtired@reddit

What was:

“Sometimes I sleep, sometimes it's not for days The people I meet always go their separate ways Sometimes you tell the day by the bottle that you drink And times when you're alone, well, all you do is think”

Is now:

Sometimes I sleep, sometimes it is four hours a day The people I meet I can’t remember their names Sometimes you tell the day by pills that you take And times when you're alone, you appreciate that shit.

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Moist_Rule9623@reddit

Just like weed, it was way more fun when people were telling you not to take them 🙁

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Iron_Chic@reddit

Maybe pharmacies should change their look? Only open from 6PM to 1AM, remodeled to look like the basement of a house. Pharmacists dressed in one of those Mexican sweaters, shorts and flip flops. Takes your prescription and goes into the back. Meanwhile, you sit on an old couch in the lobby with some lazy chick you've never met watching reruns of Kung Fu on the TV.

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Sir_PressedMemories@reddit

Pharmacists dressed in one of those Mexican sweaters

Ah the good old drug rug.

Itchy as hell until broken in. Then the comfiest item you own.

And lets be real, watching your parents get stoned and act like morons has done more to turn kids off drugs than any anti-drug commercial could have ever done.

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External-Dude779@reddit

Heard a saying that goes something like.... They told us sex drugs and rock n roll were bad so the first things we did when we left our parents were we had sex, did drugs and listened to rock n roll.

I'm convinced this is a big part of why teen weed use is down. It's readily available, the stigma isn't what it used to be, and their parents do it which is really the most uncool thing ever.

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SuperApeOsbourne@reddit

Is that Allopurinol?

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ThumbsUp2323@reddit (OP)

I wish. My gout is semi-controlled through diet and lifestyle changes, but my PCP is hesitant to prescribe allopurinol because of a few contraindications.

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TammyString-Tugger@reddit

Having my first acute gout flare up as we speak at age 46. Sweet Jesus take me now.

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Professional_Row6687@reddit

Get some prednisone, it knocks it out fairly quickly.

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chollida1@reddit

Oh man, how sick are you?

Hope you get better.

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dfjdejulio@reddit

That's a gorgeous pill box.

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xzanfr@reddit

I'd enjoy taking my morning pills much more if they were in the form of a bit of paper with a VW logo on the front.

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gimpydingo@reddit

I used to enjoy taking drugs. I still do, but I used to as well.

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tambor333@reddit

I made it to 59 before joining the medication train. Thankfully it's just Crestor and a weekly injection of Mounjaro to deal with T2 diabetes. But I've added a centrum silver and cinnamon and a pro-biotic for gut health. Then there is the exercising and diet changes thrown in for good measure

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Wooden-Glove-2384@reddit

ya took too many of the wrong drugs

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Embarrassed_Word_542@reddit

7 in the morning, 6 in the evening. Right there with ya buddy.

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Apprehensive-Call568@reddit

I still enjoy taking drugs. But not like that

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BFIrrera@reddit

I thought this was r/boardgames and a pic of a mancala board.

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

You won't get a high from a medication that you actually need 😂

I had major surgery and was on one of those patient controlled morphine pumps. For the first two days, I was still freaking miserable. Then by the third day, I started smiling a bit, even giggled some. Immediately, a nurse came in my hospital room and said, "okay, you've had enough of that!" and disconnected my morphine. You don't need it anymore once it starts being fun. Just having symptoms managed is only bringing you closer to a normal baseline.

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UpOrDownItsUpToYou@reddit

While your personal experience may have led you to this conclusion, I would bet that millions of people with their own personal experience would disagree

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WrongAssumption2480@reddit

Wow! You’re right. I had surgery recently and was on a morphine pump. Nurses can’t push the button for you, but would tell me to whenever they saw the button go green. I had visitors and carried on conversations I still remember and I never felt weird or high. Then they just took it away at discharge and sent me home with nothing for a 15” incision. I wasn’t in pain, but I felt bad and it was a struggle to move for a while. Even home health nurses were appalled I wasn’t given anything. Gradually I felt better but I did miss that morphine pump-just because I could function (kind of) and I slept well.

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Wise-Novel-1595@reddit

You won't get a high from a medication that you actually need

Not with that attitude. Also, I wish that was true, but it ain’t.

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No_Neighborhood_632@reddit

Don't ya just love how you get asked at a Dr. visit, are you taking.... gob-load of long names. I stare blanky back at them and say, I don't know, I didn't do as well in med school as you did. I take a pink round one, an oblong green one and a little football shaped one.

They catch my sarcasm and ask by symptom.

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OrangeLoco@reddit

I'm in the same boat. Every time I go see the doctor, I come home with a new prescription.

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Centauri1000@reddit

Do I see a melatonin in there ? I used to use that but nothing helps me get back to sleep if I wake up to pee at 430.

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Environmental-Gap380@reddit

You almost have half a Mitch Hedburg joke there.

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TheLurkerSpeaks@reddit

I will say at very least your pill box is rad. Looks like weed should be in there.

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Environmental-Gap380@reddit

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Rare-Confusion-220@reddit

Looks like our medical system made you into a good customer as that is the system's goal

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siliconsmiley@reddit

I started some meds for PTSD and bipolar II a while back. Controlled substances. I will never forget the look on the pharmacist's face when I handed them the script the first time.

Straight up movie trope double take. Looked at me, looked at my scripts, looked at me again, eyes like Marcus Allen when he hit a hole in the A gap. Saucer plates.

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BlownCamaro@reddit

The more medication they can convince you that you need, the better boat they can buy.

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1questions@reddit

You’re right no one really needs any medicine. Cancer isn’t real. High blood pressure isn’t real. Allergies aren’t real. Low functioning thyroids aren’t real. Organ rejection after a transplant isn’t real. Schizophrenia and ADHD aren’t real. It’s all just made up do doctors can buy a big boat. Congrats you’ve solved the mystery Sherlock, you super sleuth you.

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ThumbsUp2323@reddit (OP)

Thoughts and prayers, yo. Thoughts and prayers. /s

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CmdrDTauro@reddit

I guess technically you still are 😏

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ThumbsUp2323@reddit (OP)

Fair

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archedhighbrow@reddit

Thank you for reminding me to take my meds.

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Longjumping_Young747@reddit

I mean the general aches and pains of sounding like a Rice Krispie when I walk tell me I'm old, but it was getting daily pill cases that told me I had crossed that line.

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RedditIsAGranfaloon@reddit

I still do, but I used to, too

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BabadookOfEarl@reddit

Scrolled too far to find this.

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ThumbsUp2323@reddit (OP)

Hilarious 😆

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Plus_Inevitable_771@reddit

I like that pill box.

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ThumbsUp2323@reddit (OP)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D8KB1J71

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Plus_Inevitable_771@reddit

Thank you

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Viperlite@reddit

Mind if I ask how old you were when you began taking all these? I'm 55 an take nothing but a gummy vitamin, but my doc is starting to push me in that direction.

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ThumbsUp2323@reddit (OP)

It’s been a slow progression over the past decade (I'm 50 now).

A couple of these are psych meds, one specifically for AUD.

The rest are for managing high blood pressure.

Not pictured: an as-needed benzo (Ativan) for PTSD, agoraphobia, and panic disorder, and indomethacin for gout flares when they hit.

The psych side is stable these days, and the gout is mostly under control thanks to lifestyle changes. Still working on getting my blood pressure fully in check.

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MysteriousMine9450@reddit

I used to enjoy taking drugs. I still do, but I used to too.

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Strict_Weather9063@reddit

Six more months, and I change the number of and type. Can’t happen soon enough.

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pequaywan@reddit

Those are still drugs, just other kinds of drugs.

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YKINMKBYKIOK@reddit

You only take pills once a day? Lucky bastard...

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ProtectionWilling663@reddit

I used to take drugs. I still do but I used to also.

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katiehatesjazz@reddit

I started using one of these last year after a couple surgeries because I was so sick & out of it from pain meds that I’d forget to take my regular meds. Now I can’t live without my Sunday thru Saturday pill box 😂

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PWal501@reddit

I have two boxes. Thanks, internet!

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No_Requirement_1141@reddit

I’m just n 15 atm. 9 in the morning 6 at night. Don’t suffer anxiety get diagnosed with diabetes randomly at 49 and then fall over get a tbi and get seizures from that

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