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Warpy

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1. Thalidomide has been a drug of last resort for a long time
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 07:50 PM
Jun 2013

for a few diseases. It costs that much because the drug company is keeping lawyers on retainer in case another disastrous side effect turns up. The others are "biologicals," drugs I can't take because I seroconverted to Hep B before there was a vaccine for it. I got the antibodies without getting the disease, but it's still lurking in there somewhere since the virus never goes away.

I failed to tolerate both MTX and Plaquenil, unfortunately, managing 5 years on each before I just couldn't do it any more. I manage on steroids now and I know Thalidomide might be it before much longer.'

Too bad, the biologicals are cheaper.

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