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>

> > From: laurenrosepeters

> <laurenrosepeters@...>

> > Subject: Please help then

> > " Petheram "

> <chris65peth@...>

> > Date: Thursday, 14 August, 2008, 8:42 AM

> > I was not passing judgement on people, it may have

> seemed

> > that

> > way....just speaking from experience, that the more

> meds I

> > take....the

> > worse I feel.

> >

> > I am completly aware of the role of antidepressant in

> pain

> > managemnet.

> > It worked for me....except for the fact that I was in

> the

> > ER multiple

> > times for very high BP/pulse and my doc would not

> believe

> > me that it

> > was the antidepressant, until I went to a cardiologist

> who

> > told him it

> > was.

> >

> > Anyway, help me wrap my head around this. My

> grandmother

> > has fibro. She

> > takes Cymbalta, Atavan, Valium, Percocet (in massive

> > doses), Fenalyn

> > (sp?) pain patch, vicodin, and a few others I

> can't

> > remember the names.

> > Does that not seem like her doctor is overdoing it?

> >

> > I just get concerned for people, who trust their

> > doctors...when mine

> > might have killed me. And it seems as if my

> > Grandmother's is killing

> > her. (no offense to the profession or you)But not all

> > doctors are in it

> > for the patient. My doctors just want to write the

> script

> > and scoot me

> > out the door. They don't check for interactions!

> And

> > when I complain of

> > a side effect, I am a hypochondriac.

> >

> > I know I am not the only one out there that his

> happens to.

> > So I just

> > want people to be aware. It seems more and more,

> doctors

> > are trying to

> > treat my side effects to the medicine. I.e. I was on

> 200 mg

> > of

> > metoprolol because the Norpramin was increasing my

> pulse

> > and bp.... it

> > just didn't make sense to me.

> >

> > Like I siad I am not trying to give people advice. I

> was

> > just surprise

> > and concerned. My bad for expressing it.

>

>

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