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Does The Patient Know Best?
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This could be normal. I don't know, not having a medical degree. I too have read some good things about this drug and would even recommend it. Why? Maybe its because some of these last line, last ditch effort drugs like this can be used more effectively first line. But then I only have cancer; I am not an expert at it.
Sammy De Roos
Good point. Sometimes it seems like us folks with
cancer are the only experts at the whole cancer
experience. From the posts I read, we are the ones
who do a lot of research and bring that information to
our oncologists for them to consider. Are oncologists
suffering from information overload due to all the new
treatments and clinical trials going on? And most of
them treat more than breast cancer. How can they ever
keep up with it all?
-- Sandi Spivey
I think your point is well taken; that the patient knows more than the
doctor, especially when it comes to drugs such as Celebrex In trials, the
researchers collect reported (and unreported but measurable) side effects.
Once the drug is released, then it is up to the docs to report side effects
from long-term use. So it is very important that we DO report, so that
long-term problems can become part of the drug's documented history. We saw
that happen with Aredia, with Herceptin, and now Celebrex. It's exciting,
but scary.
Angela Sissons
You just can't know the best
options unless you devote yourself to becoming familiar with all kinds of
treatments. I always felt like I should hurry up and make a decision and get
started on treatment right away. Even my first malignant tumor, the
oncologist left the decision about whether or not to have chemotherapy
entirely up to me...like, what, I'm the one with the medical degree?
Hmmmmmm
Gayla Lacatena
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