8 Drugs your doctor wouldn't take....

[alfreda89]

Interesting -- especially because I have taken three of these, and I'm still taking one. I wonder if I could get acupuncture to work for the bad arthritis I have? I tried getting off Vioxx, and the Celebrex once each -- my hands were pretty much frozen up and unable to do anything by the tenth day. And I was still an LMT working at that point.

Of course the insurance company will pay 80% after the deductible on Celebrex. I doubt they'd pay for acupuncture. I could trade once a week for a month's Celebrex...or twice a week at the student clinic. Seriously thinking about it....

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[sheilagh.livejournal.com]

Some Lyme news that sounds encouraging: http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/GeneralInfectiousDisease/tb/10092

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I saw that. If it makes the CDC take down their recommendations, it's a victory. I have been very fortunate so far, the insurance pays after a medium-sized deductible. But some of the most expensive stuff I got a bit of help on. Now, the shots are $110 a piece. If a friend who is a nurse wasn't giving me the shots, it would be $40 for the nurse, plus gasoline.

And that's assuming I could find somewhere to get the shot!

And I get a shot every three days, so...just call me pincushion. Makes travel odd. But the nurse I had at a convention in OK was great; didn't have to do more than tell her why the smaller needle. She was cool and painless.