8c. Re: Timing

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On Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:02 pm (PST) go_greenie09 " go_greenie09@...

go_greenie09 wrote:

" I take Trazodone for sleep. Without it I won't sleep, especially on LDN.

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I know everyone is reluctant to add one more medication to their regimen, but I

can highly recommend Trazodone for sleep (and apparently pain) issues. "

I wish you'd be a bit more reluctant in recommending a powerful anti-depressant

as a sleep aid to the group without providing more complete information on what

exactly the drug is that you're suggesting folks take! Trazodone info available

here - it's a serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitor (SARI), nothing to be

trifling with:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trazodone

On another issue, the warning someone posted about compounding pharmacies

getting regulated out of business by health care reform, the bill was passed and

enacted in March 2010 - and we're still able to get compounded LDN. Just in case

there may have been some time delay involved in this issue, I did some further

research and found a couple things:

One drug *may* be banned from being compounded, but it's a very specific drug

likely of no concern to most in this group:

http://cnmwellness.com/drmilner/fda-attempts-to-make-e3-illegalsupreme-court-not\

-yet-ruled/

" FDA Attempts to Make E3 Illegal,Supreme Court Not Yet Ruled

The E3 vs.Wyeth battle masked as FDA ruling continues. (The FDA site no longer

posts their ruling). Wyeth is the drug manufacturer of Premarin having

petitioned the FDA to make compounding of E3 illegal. Their first and foremost

motivation is due to all the money they have lost from Premarin sales since the

Women’s Health Initiative Study has shown Premarin to be unsafe.

Although E3 (Estriol) has been deemed as FDA unapproved (as a result of the

Wyeth petition) and sources of Estriol are now limited, Compounding Pharmacists

are continuing to dispense it, physicians are continuing to prescribe it and

ruling by the Supreme Court is likely favorable yet will take 2-3 years. "

Just found this too, came out just today:

" Walgreens set to compound Tamiflu in response to shortage

***March 1st, 2011***

DEERFIELD, Ill. – Walgreen Co. said its pharmacies in all 50 states are

prepared to compound Tamiflu capsules into an oral suspension amid a supply

shortage of the antiviral medication. "

It's pretty obvious to *me* that the language in the health care reform bill

that at one time was going to ban or restrict compounding pharmacies was fixed

(in our favor) before the bill was passed.