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To: kcvl

Looks like more than one MD was writing scripts for her.


7 posted on 12/22/2009 7:27:15 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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Could be just one physician. I didn't see anything all that out of line for someone suffering from a serious cardiovascular problem ~ or two ~ or three.

For the curious all of these medications could easily end up in the medicine cabinet of someone suffering from one of the three major genes that cause "acute Scandinavian intermittent porphyria" ~ which is not really a porphyria as defined with the 82 other liver function alleles that create porphyria or porphyria-like symptoms.

Kind of wonder if she had noticeable atrial fibrillation ~ of the kind better treated with ablative surgery than with beta blockers.

8 posted on 12/22/2009 7:39:01 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: buccaneer81
Looks like more than one MD was writing scripts for her.

That's not unusual either - I have scripts from my primary, a specialist, the emergency room, my dentist, and another doctor who I had to see when mine was on vacation. I'm not currently taking most of the drugs I've filled prescriptions for, but they were all legitimate scripts for legitimate problems, including three different narcotics. The only thing I make sure to finish all of is antibiotics. Most of her pharmacy looks pretty innocuous.

I'd never heard of her before she died, and she may have been a pill-popper extraordinaire, but having lots of different drugs on hand, prescribed by lots of different doctors isn't proof of that, or even strong evidence. I'm mildly interested to see what turns up at the autopsy.

14 posted on 12/22/2009 8:06:52 PM PST by nina0113
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