Teppy, a related question (as in, also about pharmaceuticals): what would Mass General have given JP in a big bottle, as a painkiller in case of flareups of the angio injection site pain? Keeping in mind that, with the MS, that pain would a) be very likely, and b) not helpable with neurontin? Percocet, Darvon, what? None of those drugs have any effect on me; I not only don't see how anyone can get addicted to them, I have a deep suspicion that they're really just M&Ms. So I'm ignorant on the painkiller stuff.
And that info is what I'm writing next - whatcha got, ma'am?
Also, just checked status of WAV file and it's almost completely sent. Crossing fingers.
edit: YAY! yousendit has completed sending the WAV file. Is there? Hang on, I'm-a calling you on the phone in a moment.
Deb, I think Darvocet, Percoset, and Vicodin are generally the painkillers of choice these days, for lots of stuff, so any of those would work as something they'd prescribe to him.
Phone convo with Teppy and I'm pretty sure that the ideal - and likely - script of choice would be for tylenol 3 - it has codeine in it, and isn't a traditional NSAID with the associated blood-thinning stuff.
Off to finish writing the section. Y'all rock.
the ideal - and likely - script of choice would be for tylenol 3
Oh, yeah. I forgot about that one. Codeine is a good thing, too. Yay for Teppy!
All kinds of yay for all of you brilliant people.
Look! Big giant plot point!
And, oddly, a blood pressure drug, clonidine, has been used effectively in withdrawal cases since 1978-ish, though I don't know if your character(s) would know that. Its potential side effects are (obviously) hypotension and its accompanying symptoms (dizziness, cold extremities), as well as sedation.
As one who was on clonidine for several months, I can definitely testify to the sedation effects of that shit. An hour and a half after taking a pill, I would fall asleep no matter what I was doing. I had to reschedule driving errands around that damned stuff.
Actually, I could certainly have my character know that, since said character has a doctor for a parent. And other character might well have been given blood pressure meds; I had a bit of this conversation with Teppy. One of the things MS does, as well as its medications, is to raise the blood pressure. But my character's also had a mild heart attack, and they'd be monitoring his BP and giving him meds to keep it down.
Hmmmmm. Because if he has nice new shiny bottles of both? It could add considerably to the tension when both bottles turn up missing.
Dancing in and interrupting to announce that I achieved 11 pages of wip today. Go me! Ain't no contest judge gonna hold me down!
Dude! I am all about the many pages of the WIP, and in fact, having just done five more, I'm-a back at it.
Go, Susan! You don't need to be takin' that shit off The Man!
