Posted by Sarah T. on September 29, 2005, at 19:50:36
In reply to Re: Adderall, tolerance, manic treatment » Sarah T., posted by KaraS on September 29, 2005, at 5:18:09
Hi Kara,
How are you doing? I owe you a reply from a week or so ago regarding tolerance. I'm still mulling over that issue. Anyway. . .
Thank you for the information on hormone testing and the transdermal bio-identical hormones. I know I will have to do something. Although I have not yet reached menopause, I am already going through hormone hell. It really is like having PMS every day of the month, every month, for the entire year. Which hormones are tested? Estrogen, progesterone, and what else?
I have some questions about those salivary hormone tests. I have taken several salivary cortisol tests, each kit made by a different company. The instructions were different, depending on which company made up the test. Some said you could not eat or drink before the test, but you could drink water and rinse your mouth. Others said you couldn't even have water for two hours before the test. One involved spitting into a test tube. Another involved chewing on a cotton cylinder for a few minutes, and then placing the wet cotton in a test tube. I'm surprised that there is so much variation in procedure for the same test.
The problems you and Barbaracat mention regarding Prempro are sickening, inexcusable, unethical and probably illegal. I am disgusted with pharmaceutical companies. They lie, they manipulate and massage the data from clinical studies in order to make the results appear to be something other than what they really are. They exclude patients from studies who are unlikely to have the response they are looking for. I wish we could have faith in these people, but, at this point, I'm starting to think it's impossible to trust pharmaceutical companies -- or anyone -- when that much money is at stake.
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