Guest guest Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 Carla, I'm not sure that it's misleading advertisement, however they present Lupron information on the same page as fibroid information. What conclusion do they want us to draw? It's " suggestive advertising. " They probably ran it by their lawyers ... I didn't realize that Lupron is not approved for fibroid treatment. This is interesting since my gyn/ob recommended Lupron as my only alternative to a hysterectomy. After doing some research, I decided to not take Lupron. Since I do not have heavy bleeding problems although the fibroid is the size of a 16-week pregnancy, I feel pretty safe in waiting for a while longer to see if my 52-year old body may decide to go into menopause. I am left with other symptoms and much discomfort, though. Hannah At 06:51 AM 5/28/2004, you wrote: >I would like to know what y'all think of their website. Does it >appear to be pitching Lupron for fibroids? Is it misleading >advertising? >http://www.fibroids.info/intro/http://www.fibroids.info/intro/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 Carla, Well, the website is definately an ad for Lupron. It's misleading in the sense that the information is superficial, and not very useful, but it never says directly or indirectly that Lupron can or should be used to treat fibroids. It states pretty clearly that it is to be used as a 3 month preoperative treatment for anemia (along with iron). The one patently false statement that I noticed is that there are only three treatments for fibroids: no treatment, " conservative " surgery, and " nonconservative " surgery. It doesn't seem particularly harmful, except in the sense that the website doesn't give enough information on which to base any decisions. --Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 Carla, Well, the website is definately an ad for Lupron. It's misleading in the sense that the information is superficial, and not very useful, but it never says directly or indirectly that Lupron can or should be used to treat fibroids. It states pretty clearly that it is to be used as a 3 month preoperative treatment for anemia (along with iron). The one patently false statement that I noticed is that there are only three treatments for fibroids: no treatment, " conservative " surgery, and " nonconservative " surgery. It doesn't seem particularly harmful, except in the sense that the website doesn't give enough information on which to base any decisions. --Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 Carla, Well, the website is definately an ad for Lupron. It's misleading in the sense that the information is superficial, and not very useful, but it never says directly or indirectly that Lupron can or should be used to treat fibroids. It states pretty clearly that it is to be used as a 3 month preoperative treatment for anemia (along with iron). The one patently false statement that I noticed is that there are only three treatments for fibroids: no treatment, " conservative " surgery, and " nonconservative " surgery. It doesn't seem particularly harmful, except in the sense that the website doesn't give enough information on which to base any decisions. --Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 I haven't been on-line in a bit but just now I tried to go to this website and get a " file not found " error message. Tap reading our list group and deciding to exit before questions get asked in public??? Leonie > LOL, > > I need your input on this one...TAP has a fibroid website online for > pitching the use of Lupron. Given that Lupron is NOT approved for the > treatment of fibroids by the FDA and is ONLY approved for: > > " ...preoperative hematologic improvement of patients with anemia > caused by uterine leiomyomata... " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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