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.
Multiplanar and multisequential MR images of the brain are done with and without contrast.
Cystic changes are again noted within the left frontal resection cavity with stable surrounding irregular area of intense enhancement extending into the left frontal lobe, left frontotemporal operculum, and left basal ganglia. The area of enhancement measures 6.6 cm tall x 3.9 cm wide x 4 cm AP. The pattern of enhancement has a swiss cheese appearance favoring radiation-induced necrosis.
Keep in mind, local hospitals often are affiliated with the larger hospitals (at least here) and consult with the same doctors and use the same treatments. For longer term treatments it may be beneficial to keep travel costs down. So keep options open. Some hospitals may have satellite (smaller) hospitals in other locations as well. I am just not familiar with how it works in Europe so hopefully someone else can chime in.
Hi
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.
My mother had a brain tumor(Oligodendroglioma-anaplastic) in her temporal lobe and had totaly different symptoms and I dont have any symptoms of brain tumors listed on the net(no headaches, no loss of peripheral vision..)
I have severe anxiety with depression. Im not on any medication yet. I can get other anxiety symptoms like chest pain, palpatations, frequent urination...once i thaught i have diabetes type 1 and got all the symptoms and all came back negative the tests.
My grandpa has undergone a brain tumor removal surgery 3 weeks ago and we got the histopathology results reading that they're not 100% sure and it is either a grade 3 anaplastic oligodendroglioma or glioblastoma and further genetic testing is needed. In the meantime however, they told him that after being discharged from the hospital, he's supposed to take 2mg Dexamethasone for three days, then 1mg for three days and then stop taking it.
ve now been through radiation and temodar, consults with Dr. Prados at UCSF. The tumor was still growing at last month's MRI. Now I'm on IV chemo, Avastin and cpt 11. Next MRI is in a week and we''ll see.
I'm so scared. I'm married, no kids, love my husband and can't bear having to say goodbye to him and all my beloved friends.
I don't know how to run my house any more.
The doctors at the reputable renowned hospital in Chicago claimed to have never seen a tumor this large in an adult. He received radiation and chemo for six weeks and remained on temodar for almost 18 months. The last ten percent of his tumor (near the brainstem but according to images not infiltrating into) did shrink a bit during treatment and has remained “dormant”. This all sounds amazing but he seems to be getting worse.
Schering-Plough CEO Fred Hassan said in an interview that those drugs include Nasonex, Pegintron for hepatitis, cancer drug Temodar, the Nuvaring contraceptive and the two cholesterol drugs, all of which have patent protection until 2014 or later.
Doesn't appear Pegintron will be any cheaper for a long time.
Yes it's true - I'm really reaching some kind of edge again. even considered checking out this retreat but the cost was pro-hib-itive. Plus I don't really 100% believe their total philosophy, and I've already dealt with so much of what they talk about. I really do think my problems are bigger than just needing to find a life lesson, and "doing happy" etc.
Lastly, I've given in - I'm sick of sleeping my life away so I've started taking....pseudoephidrine...
I have been on a statin drug for about 15 years and ran for exercise until about 5 years ago and all I can conclude from my history is I have benefited from the statin drug via low cholesterol and not blockages and weight control and general high physical quality of life from the exercise. I'm 11 years younger than you, and I no longer run, but that is because of atrial fibrillation, not because of muscle damage due to anything other than age.
I did touch her vagina (fingered) and afterwords put on the condom for protected sex. She did also stroke me penis a little and touched the tip and I think she touched her vagina before she did this.
I developed burning with urination and red urethra within a day or two. I do recall that my urethra may have been a bit irritaded before i was with her but definarely not due to sexual activity.
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