Flu Shot

October 14, 2000

CONGRADULATIONS goes out to Robbie

and also Josh

yall can do anything you set your mind to

Robbin

October 14, 2000

Georgina

your right when the child is takeing it for asthma its different doses

but the doses in pill form is 5 first day and decrease 1 each day

the inhaled inhaler is on a 2 to 4 times a day

i am not sure on the JRA kids dose but i am assumeing its been higher dose

than for asthmatic treatments

i dont condone predisone but i also am fearful of the side effects

as with any medication

Robbin

October 14, 2000

this sounds like they are allowing your body to adjust to smaller doses

slowly this seems to be ok but no one knows but if you have any doubts or

you start haveing any problems i would be calling the dr ASAP

with asthma they start them with 5 pills the next day its 4 pills the next

is 3 pills the next 2 pills the next 1 pill and thats it

its been awhile since my kids were takeing it but i think it was 20mgs per

pill

so that would be start with 100mgs and within a week your off totally

but i also see your fear in the decreaseing

the body chemical response to the decrease

just call the doctor if theres ANY signs of pain or anything that you feel

is not right

Robbin

October 15, 2000

In a message dated 10/15/2000 1:58:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

gmckin@... writes:

> Congratulations to , for getting a role in the play That's

> wonderful news! Wish her well. She will be in our thoughts.

>

> Take care,

> Georgina

Thanks,she also has a role in the school musical, West Side Story. One thing

I will say for jenny, she pushes on, no matter what. We parents are fortunate

to have such a wonderful group of kids ....God has blessed us .

Marcie

October 15, 2000

Congratulations to , for getting a role in the play That's

wonderful news! Wish her well. She will be in our thoughts.

Take care,

Georgina

AplBlssm@... wrote:

> has been on them for 2 years, with maybe a week without. She has bad

> flare up's when the dose gets too low. One of the biggest problems is the

> weight it keeps on Jen. at 17, she is no small girl, weighing about 250. This

> does not help her joints, but any exercise, including walking bring on

> severe pain and swelling, but God bless her, she keeos going. The end of this

> month will be in a local production of Romeo and t

October 17, 2000

Angie,

I have missed you!!!!!!!!!! AJ

November 17, 2000

Have you all gotten flu shots this year? What are your opinions, please?

Should we? Why or why not?

Someone told me I should get them every other year?

I got one last year but have not yet this year.

Thanks,

Fran

Re: GO Clinical Trials

>Hi Everyone,

> If you look at the following study you'll see that a significant

>improvement was obtained in TED (Graves' ophthalmopathy) with vitamin B3

>(nicotinamide--a form of niacin). 300 mgs of nicotinamide a day was used.

>Allopurinol is an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase. Xanthine oxidase is a

>molybdenum-based enzyme. Since molybdenum and copper are antagonists, a

>copper deficiency could allow excess xanthine oxidase to proliferate. If

>xanthine oxidase is involved in the genesis of TED, then this is a possible

>explanation of why copper might help reduce TED.

> The significance of this study is that it really offers evidence that

TED

>is a nutritional deficiency disease.

>

><< Department of Ophthalmology, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece.

> mastorak@...

>

> PURPOSE: To report the effect of antioxidant agents in the treatment of

mild

> and moderately severe Graves' ophthalmopathy. METHODS: Prospective,

> nonrandomized, comparative study performed at a referral center. A series

of

> 11 patients with mild or moderately severe, active, newly diagnosed

Graves'

> ophthalmopathy were included in the study. Allopurinol (300 mg daily)

orally

> and nicotinamide (300 mg daily) orally were used for 3 months. A complete

> ophthalmologic examination was performed before and 1 and 3 months after

> initiation of treatment. The response to treatment was estimated

separately

> for each component of the disease and overall by its effect on a total eye

> score. Eleven patients with mild or moderately severe, active, newly

> diagnosed Graves' ophthalmopathy who received placebo were also examined

at

> the same time points. Patients in each group were recruited consecutively.

> Although nonsmoking was not an exclusion criterion, all patients were

> cigarette smokers. RESULTS: Nine (82%) of 11 patients treated with oral

> antioxidants showed improvement of mild to moderately severe Graves'

> ophthalmopathy versus three (27%) of 11 patients in the control group (P

> <.05). Soft tissue inflammation was the component of the disease that

> responded more to treatment. No side effects of antioxidant treatment were

> recorded. Patients' satisfaction was high. CONCLUSIONS: This pilot study

> presents encouraging results in the treatment of mild and moderately

severe

> Graves' ophthalmopathy with antioxidant agents. To evaluate these

>preliminary

> results, randomized prospec-tive studies are needed. >>

>

November 18, 2000

Not me - I feel that I have been so medicated, and over-medicated, that I just

won't go for it. I'd rather get the flu. Two of my friends went for it and

came down with bad flu this year after the shot. Of course that couldn't have

had anything to do with the shot, but makes me wonder.

I'll take my chances.

Kate

frances point wrote:

> Have you all gotten flu shots this year? What are your opinions, please?

> Should we? Why or why not?

> Someone told me I should get them every other year?

> I got one last year but have not yet this year.

> Thanks,

> Fran

> Re: GO Clinical Trials

>

> >Hi Everyone,

> > If you look at the following study you'll see that a significant

> >improvement was obtained in TED (Graves' ophthalmopathy) with vitamin B3

> >(nicotinamide--a form of niacin). 300 mgs of nicotinamide a day was used.

> >Allopurinol is an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase. Xanthine oxidase is a

> >molybdenum-based enzyme. Since molybdenum and copper are antagonists, a

> >copper deficiency could allow excess xanthine oxidase to proliferate. If

> >xanthine oxidase is involved in the genesis of TED, then this is a possible

> >explanation of why copper might help reduce TED.

> > The significance of this study is that it really offers evidence that

> TED

> >is a nutritional deficiency disease.

> >

> ><< Department of Ophthalmology, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece.

> > mastorak@...

> >

> > PURPOSE: To report the effect of antioxidant agents in the treatment of

> mild

> > and moderately severe Graves' ophthalmopathy. METHODS: Prospective,

> > nonrandomized, comparative study performed at a referral center. A series

> of

> > 11 patients with mild or moderately severe, active, newly diagnosed

> Graves'

> > ophthalmopathy were included in the study. Allopurinol (300 mg daily)

> orally

> > and nicotinamide (300 mg daily) orally were used for 3 months. A complete

> > ophthalmologic examination was performed before and 1 and 3 months after

> > initiation of treatment. The response to treatment was estimated

> separately

> > for each component of the disease and overall by its effect on a total eye

> > score. Eleven patients with mild or moderately severe, active, newly

> > diagnosed Graves' ophthalmopathy who received placebo were also examined

> at

> > the same time points. Patients in each group were recruited consecutively.

> > Although nonsmoking was not an exclusion criterion, all patients were

> > cigarette smokers. RESULTS: Nine (82%) of 11 patients treated with oral

> > antioxidants showed improvement of mild to moderately severe Graves'

> > ophthalmopathy versus three (27%) of 11 patients in the control group (P

> > <.05). Soft tissue inflammation was the component of the disease that

> > responded more to treatment. No side effects of antioxidant treatment were

> > recorded. Patients' satisfaction was high. CONCLUSIONS: This pilot study

> > presents encouraging results in the treatment of mild and moderately

> severe

> > Graves' ophthalmopathy with antioxidant agents. To evaluate these

> >preliminary

> > results, randomized prospec-tive studies are needed. >>

> >

>

November 20, 2000

I had mine a couple of weeks ago and I was fine..Kim

November 20, 2000

NO flu shot for me! Did that two years ago and was so sick couldn't move

for two days! I had a business trip that cost the company an additional

$1600 because I had to change flights! Several other folks were also sick

after the shot.....too much of a coincidence. Also heard of some other

problem one can develop from the flu shot (can't remember the illness) so

decided never again! My internist told me I should get one since I

collapsed a lung 10 years ago...don't care, not having any problems so why

tempt fate? Mona