[MLUG - DISCUSSION] MLUG - DISCUSSION] RE: [MLUG] progress .... ???

["Jim Bradley" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

** Reply to message from "Matthew Ross" in EMAIL:PROTECTED on Sun,
3 Aug 2003 12:00:06 -0500

As I read your diatribe, I am reminded of a saying of one of my mentors, "The
facts are not important." You probably didn't follow his instructions, but
there's no convincing you of that fact (i.e. The facts are not important.) When
an infectious disease requires a blood test for diagnosis, both an acute and
convalescent sample are generally needed, so a single sample at the beginning
of the illness isn't going to be diagnostic. You probably didn't hear, or you
didn't want to spend the money for the office visit, that you needed to return
in 2-4 weeks for the repeat blood draw. I have had patients that have come back
to me and stated that I'd told them "so and so," when I knew that there was no
way in the world that I"d said such a thing. 

> My PDR at home cleared that up real quick "May cause throat irritation or cough". 

Regarding the tetracyclines (the class of drugs is generally referred to as
tetracycline antibiotics, not cycline antibiotics (check it out with a google
search on "tetracycline antibiotics" and "cycline antibiotics." The first will
give you >3000 hits, the second about 30, and half of those are "tetra- cycline
antibiotics." )) causing throat irritation or cough. I don't find any reference
to either throat or cough. The online edition that I just signed onto to look
up your claim did show "The following adverse reactions have been observed in
patients receiving tetracyclines: 
Gastrointestinal: anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, glossitis, dysphagia,
enterocolitis, and inflammatory lesions (with monilial overgrowth) in the
anogenital region. Hepatotoxicity has been reported rarely. These reactions
have been caused by both the oral and parenteral administration of
tetracyclines. Rare instances of esophagitis and esophageal ulcerations have
been reported in patients receiving capsule and tablet forms of the drugs in
the tetracycline class. Most of these patients took medications immediately
before going to bed." I guess that glossitis (inflammation of the tongue) might
be construed as throat irritation by some, and dysphagia (difficulty
swallowing) might be considered a throat irritation. Monilial overgrowth (oral
and esophageal growth of the yeast Candida albicans) can cause a sore throat,
but it is usually going to also cause a sore tongue.

> So in short, don't compare yourself to medical doctors. They are somewhere
> between murderers and rapists in the hierarchy of evil professions, IMO. I
> respect several lawyers, but with good reason I don't trust any doctor.

So you screwed up your MCATs and didn't get accepted. What a pity.

Jim Bradley -- Maryville, MO USA
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