[Miss Patience]

Agreement from me as well, BobJ. On another thread, someone posted a bit from a Lotronex discussion where someone with C was not only TAKING Lotronex, but planning on upping the dose because the constipation wasn't improving. <boggle> IMO, that is part of the reason this drug is gone, and Dr. Woodcock said as much in an article I read recently....that there is responsibility on the part of patients and doctors to use drugs wisely.I don't know about other people, but when a dr says I have "green toe disease", and prescribes "snerktracin" to treat it, you can bet I'm learning all I can about the disease and the treatment. AND I'm reading the drug info that COMES WITH THE DRUG. Reading that info would have IMMEDIATELY told someone with C to STOP Lotronex. Learning about my condition and treatment is MY responsiblity. Colleen

 

[Miss Patience]

TRBell, I know you directed this question to BobJ, but I'm going to weigh in anyway!

I don't think it's up to the FDA to be a nanny to us. It is up to ME to find out about what I'm being prescribed...to ask the doctor when it's given to me, and to do reserch if I'm not happy with that answer. Not to insult anyone here, but I am ASTOUNDED when someone posts to this board "My doctor just prescribed Bentyl. What is it?" IMO, they are abdicating their responsibility as patients. If I DON'T know what a doc is giving me, I say "what is this? What does it do? What side effects should I look for?" As patients, we just can't take the scrip and not know what it's supposed to do for us. Plus, with the internet, research on this stuff is SO much easier than it's been before.BobJ, I don't think your use of the word "stupid" was wrong. That's bottom line with a lot of "protective" stuff in the U.S.....to protect stupid people from their own stupidity. I am NOT saying that everyone who had problems with Lotronex was stupid. I AM NOT SAYING THAT. I DO think those who don't read package inserts/contraindicatons/warnings on drugs are foolish, at best.Colleen