Thank you Mike for being so thorough. I sure did tell her and she has the article by Dr. Burton and she thinks she will go to see her doctor and try to get the prescription for nitroglycerine patch. I hope he will be above his ego and will write her a script.
Barbara NITROGLYCERINE patches are suggested to treat brown recluse bites, not nicotine patches. Which is a darned shame, since nitroglycerine patches are prescription only around here and nicotine patches are available over-the-counter. Barbara, please let your friend know to discard the information about nicotine, before anybody is confused by it? Thanks, all. It's tough to keep things straight sometimes. Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ]

