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Re: Medicine for dysplasia - GOT SKIPPED
From: worried (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 05:41:10 -0600 (CST)
Doctor just did pap smear on her and then prescibed Megace. I did
finally find this medicine on a couple of spots on the net. Main use in
USA is in AIDS treatment. Found a British page where it says it is used
to treat uterine cancer. I'm going to call my sister and tell her to
get a second opinion. Not sure I like what's going on.
>At Sun, 30 Mar 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>Not a doc but...you can do a search but as far as I know there is no
>medicine for dysplasia, and yes, you spelled it right. The closest I
>can come to the drug you mentioned is Megace. Have they done a
>colposcopy yet?
>
>>At Sat, 29 Mar 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>>My guess is that no one knows what I'm talking about. :(
>>>
>>>At Fri, 28 Mar 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>>>At Thu, 27 Mar 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>>>>At Thu, 27 Mar 2003, worried wrote:
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>>>>>>My sister has no computer so she can't research this herself. She was
>>>>>>just diagnosed with dysplasia (as her doctor put it, "it is way up
>>>>>>there" - maybe meaning into the uterus?) and her doctor prescribed her a
>>>>>>medicine that sounds like magaze. The doc was calling in the Rx and my
>>>>>>sister hasn't picked it up yet. My sister is worried and I didn't have
>>>>>>much to offer except that I had had cervical dysplasia and had a cone
>>>>>>biopsy (years ago). My sister lives all the way across the country from
>>>>>>me so we don't get to talk to often. Would like to have some kind of
>>>>>>info to give her when I call next. I have never heard of this and can't
>>>>>>figure out how the medicine is spelled to look it up. Hope someone has
>>>>>>some info to offer. Docs, ladies with experience; anyone who can help.
>>>>>>Thanks! BTW did I even spell dysplasia right?
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