rarely prescribed?

[AHands]

http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/LIFE03/803040301/1152/NEWS

...Dr. Hamid Hamdi, a neurologist at Unity Healthcare, said that there is a prescription drug called Rilutek that is FDA approved, but physicians rarely prescribe it because it has serious side effects...

?

 

[ilgal]

What rock has Dr. Hamdi been living under?!

 

[reacree]

new Dr.

It may be time to upgrade in the Dr. department !

 

[Lorie]

Love the Sense of Humor

I agree totally. It made Tim sick. He stopped taking it. There is no proof that it really works. And if it does it only prolongs life by a few months.

Lorie

 

[Al]

How do you spell quack?

AL.

 

[ZenArcher]

Personally, I spell it J. A. C. K. A. S. S. Of course that's just me.

 

[Al]

Good one. I like your train of thought. I think you and I could be buddies if we were closer.
AL.

 

[rick/Wpg]

Hey Guys
I'll weigh in on this too......have dealt with 3 docs since dealing with als ...my gp and the neuro were golden...the consulting doc with the rehab ctr is a jackass without the 'jack'

Guess thats not bad...2 out of 3
There is not much excuse for doctor ignorance now a days...can you spell 'internet?'
anyhow...Al....did you get set up with lithium? When I asked my rehab doc about it last week he stick handled around the question about how it would be handled in Canada ....hmmmm....can you say red tape? I have a call in to my neuro about it but have not heard back yet
Rick

 

[ZenArcher]

Oh so now I'm not your buddy? Hell with ya then

I believe we'd either get alone great or kill each other because we're too similar. If I take the family up to Niagara this summer we may have to test the theory.

 

[Al]

I'll be in West Lake Ohio this weekend for a wedding. Near Cleveland for the geographically challenged. Is that anywhere near you? We're about 2 hours from the falls.
AL.

 

[Al]

Yup got the Lithium but might better wait until after the Ohio weekend. Family weddings can get pretty wild and wooly and don't want to have a reaction to that American booze. LOL.
AL.

 

[ZenArcher]

That's probably a good 5 hours from me.

If I do the trip this summer it will be Detroit Zoo then up 401. A stop off in Toronto would be a piece of cake. Not sure if its going to happen yet or not but if it does I'll let you know.

Waiting on the lithium because of the booze - chicken

 

[brooksea]

Guys-

Anheuser-Busch and Lithium go very well together. You may have to dumb down your drinking Al.

 

[Al]

My doc says if you keep your alcohol consumption constant it shouldn't affect Lit. values. It's when you don't drink then do a bunch you screw things up. So best to just act normal and check blood and adjust after blood tests.
By the way Jeff the Detroit Zoo is about 5 hours from the Falls. Buffalo as opposed to Detroit. And if you are a Zoo family, Metro (Toronto) is one of the world's best.
AL.

 

[ZenArcher]

I'll check it out. The original plan was to do Cedar Point then Detroit Zoo then the Falls but I'm thinking the roller coasters are off so forget Cedar Point. I hadn't even thought of the Toronto Zoo but I'll definitely check it out.

And I swear jimercat just called me dumb