From: EXECSEC
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 3:47 PM
To: Dockets, FDA
Subject: FW: LOTRONEX


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From: Henney, Jane 
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 2:12 PM
To: EXECSEC
Subject: FW: LOTRONEX





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Sent:   Tuesday, December 05, 2000 2:11:52 PM
To:     Jhenney@oc.fda.gov
Subject:        LOTRONEX
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To: Jane Henney M.D. 

Dear Ms. Henney: 

I was quite schocked to read that LOTRONEX has been taken off the market.  I 
had called the FDA about two weeks before the announcement and the girl I 
spoke with said it was not on the list for review.  She would not give me any 
name or address to write to. Then I see in the newspaper it has been taken 
off the market. 

LOTRONEX is the only medication that controls my Irritabale bowel syndrome. I 
have suffered for several years, and my gastro-enterologist has tried several 
other medications.  None have worked.  LOTRONEX does work.   

What this means is that I shall be a prisoner in my own home again.  I will 
have about 10 uncontrollable episodes of diarrhea a day. Pretty frustrating.  
Pretty embarassing. 

Why in the world would the FDA make such a judgement call without consulting 
some of the patients who were experiencing good results? 

Glaxo-Wellcome says there is no other medication that works the same.  What 
am I to do?