My girlfriend was diagnosed as having shingles yesterday. Shingles is a recurrence of the chickenpox virus due to stress or low immune system. My girlfriend had just got over a bout with bronchitis.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/shingles/shingles.htm Well the doctor put her on Valtrex, an anti-viral medication. The stuff costs $10.00 a pill, and requires 3 a day for a 10 day cycle. The total cost is $300.00, all out-of-pocket http://www.valtrex.com/shingles/whatis_shingles.html Well after 1 day on the medication, the pain has been cut in half, and she probably averted a major case of it. Thank God for GlaxoSmithKline My grandmother had a bout many years ago which affected one eye. She was in agony until it ran its course. There was no Valtrex back then. Capitalism is a good thing. Mark Foley Gear http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
