Re: the reason doctors push Lupron - Lupron Victims group
From: D (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Oct 10 10:19:11 2007
You might want to check out the Lupron Victims yahoo group:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LupronVictims
compare your side effects to what the people there have experienced...
At Wed, 10 Oct 2007, mdustin wrote:
>
>I don't know if it is definetly Lupron to blame for the side effects
>that I continue to have or not. I mean, it makes sense and I don't know
>where else it would have come from. I know that I don't and wouldn't
>want anything from the makers of Lupron TAP Pharmacuiticals; besides
>taking it off the market. Or at the very least, having the decency to
>acknowlegde the possible harm that it can cause...not just 'hot flashes'
>and 'mood swings'. Disclosing everything to the possible patient
>beforehand....and I mean everything! So that the patient can make an
>informed decision. AND... there should be research on new and better
>treatments for Endo.
>
>I don't know, like I said if the way I feel and have been feeling is due
>to my taking Lupron or not. But this is no way to live!
>
>At Tue, 9 Oct 2007, andrea wrote:
>>
>>TAP Pharmaceuticals was already found guilty once of bribing doctors to
>>prescribe and overcharge for their drug, Lupron in 2000. They paid $890
>>million in fines to the government and insurance companies for fraud and
>>illegal marketing.
>>
>>Now, it seems there is another law suit because they are still doing the
>>same thing! How can they get away with this? They are putting so many
>>women's lives in jeopardy. What a surprise.....How many of you have
>>felt like doctors push Lupron on you so insistently, without giving you
>>the option to say no? I have felt that way many times, but have always
>>refused to take it. This is why, ladies. Doctors benefit in a BIG way.
>>
>>This drug is more harmful than good and must be taken off the market and
>>the company held accountable for making all of the women who have taken
>>it suffer! I have never heard of any victims of this drug suing TAP. I
>>know, everyone is probably too sick to want to mess with it, but
>>something has to be done. I am seriously thinking of starting some kind
>>of petition or consulting with a lawyer on behalf of all of you who are
>>now sick from Lupron. What do you think?
>>
>>Look at this link:
>>http://kentucky.gov/Newsroom/ag/lupronsettlement.htm
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Find an endo specialist in the ERC's EndoDocs group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EndoDocs/
Try an excellent endo support group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erc/
Info on pain management:
http://www.painfoundation.org/
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