RE: POTENTIAL SPAM /aspirin

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Hi Lori,

Thankyou about the desensitization. I get

the feeling that my doctor and the ENT are probably just not interested in

carrying it out but as I’m returning to my doctor next week because I’ve

been placed on new asthma medication “Spirivia” I’ll push the

issue again. The tablet I took was around 375mg of Apirin and it took me until

last night to really get over it.

My asthma was so bad that I was wondering

if I was beginning to have some kind of heart attack because of the chest pain

but it transpired that I had torn muscles and therein lied the answer.

I return to my ENT in August and will

again push it with him as well.

I’ve come to the conclusion that

this group knows more about Samters than the doctors and I’ve found out

much more through here than I have with both my doctor and ENT combined.

Thank you Lori and everyone else.

From: samters [mailto:samters ] On Behalf Of truelori

Sent: Wednesday, 7 June 2006 5:34

AM

samters

Subject: POTENTIAL SPAM

/aspirin

,

Sorry but your doctor and ENT are completely uninformed or

uninformed. I have one of the worst reactions you can to aspirin

and I was able to be desensitized to aspirin very smoothly not once

but twice. It was in the hospital and I felt completely safe and

never seemed to be in any danger at all. They treated it as a

medical emergency, but one for which they were prepared. If you get

desensitization done by the right people at the right place, it can

be done. Any doctor who thinks otherwise is just uninformed about

the process. Desensitization is specifically FOR people like you

and me, and may even work BETTER in those who have a more severe

reaction.

In terms of what you took today, I don't know if it had aspirin or

not, but if it has ibuprofen or any other of the NSAID class (not

including, for most people, the COX-2s -- most are okay with these)

then you will have the same reaction or very similar as to aspirin.

If you are unclear what these are, you should make sure you find

out.

Lori

>

> I haven't taken aspirin for over 15 years because of my asthma and

today

> someone gave me a pain killer as I had a really bad headache.

Unfortunately

> I didn't think to ask them if it was aspirin or not and the end

results was

> one hell of an asthma attack that's taken me the most part of the

day to

> recover from.

>

>

>

> My doctor doesn't want to risk desensitization at all, nor does my

ENT

> because of my high allergy to it.

>

>

>

>

>

> _____

>

> From: samters

[mailto:samters ]

On

Behalf Of

> truelori

> Sent: Tuesday, 6 June 2006 3:23 PM

> samters

> Subject: /aspirin

>

>

>

> Some people desensitize themselves. I personally think it is

> dangerous because reactions to aspirin can change over time. Also

I

> think desensitization with aspirin works best and your reaction to

> aspirin might be more severe than with Advil.

>

> Lori

>

>

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