PS: ? Ask to Rx one dose? sm
Posted By: starving artist on 2008-10-02
In Reply to: This actually happened in my family - cj
I just read the post about the adverse reaction and I would highly recommend asking that one dose or one pill be prescribed at a time. I know of a case where the patient picked up one pill every day. I think this can be done but am not sure. I can identify with this as my younger sister had a violent reaction to a pill to treat lung cancer and she ended up on a respirator. Before she went on, the pulmonologist asked her permission to write this adverse reaction up in a medical journal and she said, "Yes, please do." The oncologist threw a fit and disagreed. I doubt it was ever published. Good decision or stock in the company, who knows?? Sometimes it's such a very, very difficult place to be in. Always, always ask about clinical trials who will usually take on patients who agree to a trial for much less or free. In an 80-year-old talked about in this post, it must be even harder. My sister died at age 60, diagnosed at 59, never did recover from that bad reaction. She was not "ready" and it was sad. Think out all options, the hardest thing in the world to do! Let's weigh all the pro's and con's and pray if so inclined.
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