Nov 9, 2003 Posted by Beth on Nov 9, 2003 in General | 0 comments

Dex and weight gain

Dex gives me a ravenous appetite at times. I’ve heard from people who have gained 50-100 lbs while taking steroids. I’ve gained about 20-25 lbs myself. I don’t want to gain any more. My doctor tells me not to berate myself for not being able to lose weight while on dex, but I want to at least keep from gaining any more.

One thing that helped me was the change in my dex schedule. When I took it weekly, it affected my appetite more. Now that I take it monthly, I may pig out about 4-5 days during the month. Before, it was a few days a week!

Nov 9, 2003 Posted by Beth on Nov 9, 2003 in General | 0 comments

Since many questions about drug interactions and side effects come up, I wanted to let everyone know about ePocrates Rx for handhelds. It’s a free program you can download for your PDA. I can look up a drug on my Palm Pilot and see how it’s covered by my insurance, whether it interacts with any other meds I’m taking and what the possible side effects could be. It’s really amazing, especially since it’s free.

I may subscribe to the Pro version, which is about $60 a year. It includes monographs for alternative remedies.

Here’s the URL:
http://www.epocrates.com/