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To: Kaslin
Beth Hippely was prescribed Warfarin, a blood thinner, in 2002 to treat breast cancer.

Warfarin, of course, does not treat breast cancer.

"Beth Hippely died unnecessarily because this tenfold overdose with Warfarin by the pharmacy she trusted caused her cancer to come back with a vengeance..."

Absurd.

43 posted on 08/18/2007 12:34:46 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Trails of troubles, roads of battle, paths of victory we shall walk.)
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To: Jim Noble
Absurd.

The 'warfarin to treat cancer' portion is absurd.

The 10 times dose causing a brain hemorrhage is for certain.

50 posted on 08/18/2007 12:39:49 PM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: Jim Noble

Glad to see I’m not the only one thinking that.

In addition, although this isn’t meant to sound like ‘blame the victim’, everyone should be responsible for their own Rxs. Verify with the prescribing doc what the med is, the dosage, times taken etc, and then make sure it matches up with what you’re given. If I was ever told ‘.1 mgs daily’ and ended up with ‘1. mgs’, I wouldn’t take one pill until we got it straightened out. You only have to worry about your own meds, pharmacies dispense millions of pills in a week and there is no way that errors won’t occur.


140 posted on 08/19/2007 2:55:09 PM PDT by ktscarlett66 (Face it girls....I'm older and I have more insurance....)
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