Merck subpoenaed by DoJ over marketing practices; J&J settles
World News | August 10, 2011
Phil Taylor
Merck subpoenaed by DoJ over marketing practices; J&J settles
Merck & Co has been subpoenaed by the US Department of Justice as part of a criminal investigation into marketing practices for three prescription medicines.
A month ago my husband (41) had a tumor resection of a GBM in the left temporal/frontal lobe. He is still recovering from surgery and has begun cancer treatment (temodar& radiation) a week ago. He has a previous accident injury where he has struggled with neck pain for ten years. He has been on suboxone for probably 7 years now. He is currently taking his suboxone but is not getting any relief for his head pain.
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I also have complex partial seizures which are being controlled w/anti seizure meds. Along w/1000 ml of Keppra I am taking 400 ml of Lamictal. I have a meningioma in the left petrous apex, meckle's cave and clivas... I had gamma knife radiation in 2002 and the tumor went from 2.6 x 2.2 x1.0 cm to 2.0 x 2.0 x .9 presently. The only symptoms I had at the time of diagnosis was left sided facial tingling. I now have epilepsy, trigeminal pain and severe headaches...
Apparently its in two places, frontal cortex and thallamus and hence surgery was ruled out. She is on 4th week of radiation [6week plan] and plan to start chemo next week. Now she is experiencing headache and nausea. She is not on steroids. Is this normal? are we missing something? What are we to expect in the near future? Any guidance is appreciated.
Since the diagnosis of Glioblastoma grade 4 in August, my husband has had the tumor removed and completed the round of radiation and chemotherapy - temodar. Recently I have noticed him being very short fused and argumentative. The slightest thing sets him off as if he had been personally attack. I have also noticed depression setting in. I'm assuming this is all part of the treatment and diagnosis.
I have sleep apnea and depression and anxiety. I was put on Seroquel and Lexapro. These last two helped lessen the depression and anxiety but made my sleepiness and fatigue much worse. Also, I was putting on a lot of weight due to a strong craving for sweets every afternoon.
My psychiatrist had told me if the fatigue got really bad I could cut the Lexapro in half, from 10mg to 5. I just started doing this 2 days ago.
I posted a LOT in 1998 or so, under the Addiction forum. During my back surgery, I got into trouble with taking too much vicodin,and the folks on the forum here held my cyber hand and helped me get back on my feet. I'm recovered from that part of my problem now, but do need to take pain medication to manage the large and overwhelming pain of brain surgery and cancer.
It was and probably still is a great forum.
In the following text they use regular mm measurements which is easier to understand. 18mm is around 7/10 of an inch. 20 is .79 and inch and 23mm is just under an inch (an inch is 25mm) about the size of a quarter.
I am only a layman, but what I glean from the report is that there is increased blood flow to the area that is enhanced - the area of the tumor - and that is concerning them for being a tumor.
Sorry I am not much help. I know your husband has had quite a battle.
Can anxiety cause me to have a mild fever off and on with fatigue that is off and on for the last 3 weeks? I have been stressing a lot lately of something I did that was very terrible and have not been feeling well. I'm hoping its because of this and not something else. I feel guilty, depressed, anxiety, and stressed. I am also stressed of what other medical things this could be if its not the anxiety causing it. If that's relevant. Thanks for your feedback on this.
Anybody have any good tips for nauseas and fatigue. I need to go to work and don't know how I will figure it out.
I'm 23 weeks mine lasted about 3 weeks I still absolutely hate the smell of any sweet perfume and certain lotions. I also ate cheese crackers and kosher pickles helped me out alot, I also drank plenty of water and cranapple juice.
I will try to keep this brief. I have been struggling with sensation of lightheadedness or dizziness and fatigue. It is hard to describe. At worst, it feels almost like presyncope but I don't faint. The baseline feels like I am lightheaded. Cognition is intact and vision is normal except during the presyncope attacks. Those can last minutes or sometimes hours. This has been going on for about a year. MRI, blood work and neurologist consultation all were normal.
I will be 16 weeks this Tuesday, and for some reason I am feeling worse then I ever did during my first trimester! I have headaches every day, severe fatigue, dizziness, and shortness of breath. I have an appointment next week but am wondering if anyone else has felt this in their 2nd trimester and what was wrong? Thank you all so much!
Forget about your aunts and grandmother, and concentrate on you.(We all think because that and that happened to them …NO. .irrelevant, only about 25% of the DCM deleted cardiomiopathy are or probably inherited as I know of, but I am not a doctor , but this is my cardiologist (and my research) opinion) Even if so, it is your duty to take the best care of yourself ,instead of worrying . You need a cardiologist. You need more test. Ultrasound for one, only with that test they can tell your EF.
I have fairly severe fatigue due to low hemoglobin and I was prescribed methylphenidate (Ritalin) by a psychiatrist, who is part of the hep group that treats me. These people are not quacks or foolish. Unfortunately, there is nothing in my experience that actually fixes the problem. Ritalin can keep me going longer, but it does not really fix the fatigue. I haven't continued with it. Epoetin (Procrit) is the best help, but only somewhat in my experience.
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