Guest guest Posted April 7, 1999 Report Share Posted April 7, 1999 WASHINGTON (AP) - Hind was bedridden with pain from shingles. Even narcotic painkillers didn't help. So her husband, a retired pharmaceutical chemist, mixed a different painkiller in his laboratory. Now the LidoDerm patch not only has 80-year-old Mrs. Hind back on her feet; the Food and Drug Administration approved its sale Friday for up to 200,000 sufferers of shingles-caused pain. The hand-sized, drug-filled patch has evolved a bit since Harry W. Hind stuck his homemade salve onto his wife's back with Saran Wrap and tape. Shingles is a risk to anyone who has ever had chickenpox. The chickenpox virus, called herpes zoster, hibernates inside the body. As people age, the immune system wanes and herpes zoster can reactivate, causing painful shingles. Most people recover in a few months. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558871682-3e1 We've done it again!!! Please visit our NEW " Spring " homepage! Enjoy:-) NEW - homepage URL: http://www.frontiernet.net/~goviers updated 4/1/99. OR If you liked our old homepage, you can now find it at this address: http://netjunk.com/users/chief39 On the Internet, nobody knows you're a cat. The total sum of the world's IQ is constant. If the population is increasing, then intelligence is ... " Millions yearn for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 1999 Report Share Posted April 7, 1999 Jack and Sue, Interesting article about shingles - more fun things to look forward to as we " mature " ! Your Spring Page is super - loved the dancing penguins and the kaleidoscope. ne, 59, Lawrenceville, NJ ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 1999 Report Share Posted April 7, 1999 Jack and Sue, Interesting article about shingles - more fun things to look forward to as we " mature " ! Your Spring Page is super - loved the dancing penguins and the kaleidoscope. ne, 59, Lawrenceville, NJ ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 1999 Report Share Posted April 7, 1999 Jack and Sue, Interesting article about shingles - more fun things to look forward to as we " mature " ! Your Spring Page is super - loved the dancing penguins and the kaleidoscope. ne, 59, Lawrenceville, NJ ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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