Tell me if any of you have ever heard of this one, but first let me start at the begining.
My Mom had a TAH about 10 years ago and was taking HRT for the first 9 of those. She has had cystic breasts that were getting worse, 4 surgeries for big lumps in the last 5 years all non -cancer. Her surgeon advised her to stop the HRT because of the breast disorder but her GP told her the surgeon didn't know what he was talkling about and she needed to stay on it. Well my mom stopped the HRT about a year ago and the hot flashes started :devil: Things weren't so bad in the winter but during the summer they were irritating , now she has a heat rash under both breasts :imbar, it comes and goes with the flashes. She has used over the counter medicated powder but she wanted to try something else for it. My Mom goes to her GP tells him her problem and he prescibes her Effexor XR 75mg BID for 30 days. What the hell!!
My Mom is not and has never been depressed, or does she have an anxiety disorder. The doctor did not tell her that this pill would knock her on her butt (she falls asleep if you give her a glass of wine:zzzzz) making her drowsy and he never advised her on keeping an eye on her blood pressure with this med either. He never did prescribe any cream or comfort measures for the rash.
I told my Mom don't take it and that she needed to call the doc and ask him if that medication was what he really wanted her to take (mabey the pharmacy misread the script) and why was he giving her this med thats not used for heat rash anyway. This is not a medication you start a person on who has never been on it before @ such a high dose and you have to take them off it slowly too. I told Mom to use the medicated powder, keep an eye on it in case it becomes a fungal rash d/t the heavy sweating and if possible just lay out and "let your boobs air dry in the sun":cool: she said she didn't want to scare the neighborhood so she would do that inside the house under the fan.
Has anyone ever heard of Effexor being prescribed for this, sorry but it sounds like a doc (who is an older, early 60s) who is tyrying to treat WOMAN PROBLEMS with a little pill that will "make the little lady stay quiet and feel better". I thought those days were gone.
:devil: Things weren't so bad in the winter but during the summer they were irritating , now she has a heat rash under both breasts :imbar, it comes and goes with the flashes. She has used over the counter medicated powder but she wanted to try something else for it. My Mom goes to her GP tells him her problem and he prescibes her Effexor XR 75mg BID for 30 days. What the hell!! 