Return-Path: <root> Received: (from root@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7VBuOE11127 for health-archive@nifl.gov; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:56:24 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200108311156.f7VBuOE11127@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from goldlinux2.deskmedia.com (IDENT:root@goldlinux2.deskmedia.com [65.166.132.9]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f7C3Ptf22683 for <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>; Sat, 11 Aug 2001 23:25:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from goldfieldaccess.net ([10.237.1.41]) by goldlinux2.deskmedia.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA13837 for <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>; Sat, 11 Aug 2001 22:25:49 -0500 Message-ID: <3B75F68E.8F9AABE3@goldfieldaccess.net> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 22:22:54 -0500 From: Archie Willard <millard@goldfieldaccess.net> Reply-To: millard@goldfieldaccess.net X-Sender: "Archie Willard" <millard@smtp.goldfieldaccess.net> (Unverified) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en]C-gatewaynet (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en To: _NIFL HEALTH <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: The Baycol recall Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-From: root@literacy.nifl.gov Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:56:23 -0400 Resent-To: health-archive@nifl.gov Status: O Content-Length: 2558 Lines: 47 The term slipping between the cracks is used in education today. Its when someone goes to school and they cannot read very well when they leave school and I can say that I'm one of them. Wednesday of this past week I received a call from my pharmacy, telling me that a drug that I was taking to lower my cholesterol (Baycol) had been recalled, that I should discontinue taking this drug, and that I should contact my family doctor. I live in a small town and the doctor I go to is the only doctor in her clinic. When I got there I found out that my doctor had just had the baby that she had been expecting and that she would not be back to work for about six weeks. I told the nurse that works in this office about the recall of Baycol. She told me she had not received any information about the recall at that point. She tried to call my pharmacy a few times but the line was busy each time, so she called another pharmacy and they told her yes they had information about the recall and they would fax the information to her. They also told her they were telling their customers who were taking Baycol to use up the pills that they had and when they were gone they should see their doctor about using some other medication. I told her that I did not want to go along with that advice and that I think I should stop taking the pills. She then called another medical clinic and asked them what they were doing about the Baycol recall and they said they were telling their patients to stop taking Baycol and to come in to talk about what to do next. Because my family doctor would not be back for some time we decided to call my cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic, the doctor who prescribed this medication for me. When I called I got his secretary and I told her my problem she said she would get back to me. This past Friday evening when I got home I had a message on my answering machine from her. She said my cardiologist was on vacation and she had talked to one of his associate doctors about my problem and that he said to stop taking the Baycol and to see my family doctor about what to do next. I think I have fallen between the medical cracks somehow. At this point a lot of adult learners would just give up and do nothing. Because of my past medical history I know better than to do nothing. I will be back at my doctors office on Monday asking more questions from the nurse who will be there. Where do I go from here? Archie Willard -- Archie Willard millard@goldfieldaccess.net FAX - 515-448-3213 URL - http://www.readiowa.org/archiew.html
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