From: EXECSEC
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 12:33 PM
To: Dockets, FDA
Subject: FW: Lotronex



-----Original Message-----
From: Henney, Jane 
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 10:30 AM
To: EXECSEC
Subject: FW: Lotronex




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> Sent: 	Wednesday, December 06, 2000 10:30:00 AM
> To: 	JHENNEY@OC.FDA.GOV
> Subject: 	Lotronex
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Dear Dr. Henney,

I called Glaxo Wellcome today to ask about their reasoning for pulling 
Lotronex from the market eventhough they don't agree with the FDA's opinion. 
  I had to give them my name, address and phone number first and then the 
representative proceeded to read to me from the press release that we have 
all already read.  Next, she told me that I should contact you with my 
questions.  I have only one question for you.  What am I supposed to do now 
that I can not take Lotronex?  For years my GI doctors have tried all of the 
other drugs and nothing helped, not even a little bit.  Lotronex has given 
me 2 pain free and incident free months and I can not go back to life the 
way it used to be. I can not bare the pain of my intestines clamping down on 
me and I will not be put through the humiliation of being pulled out of 
public bathrooms and sent to emergency rooms by ambulance.  Without Lotronex 
I can not work, I can not be in a car for extended time periods of time, I 
can not travel and I can not go out to eat with friends.  The alleged risks 
of Lotronex should be up to me to accept or not.  Had this medicine helped a 
more male illness, I bet that it would still be on the market.  I am also 
sure that there are much more dangerous drugs on the market.  I can not live 
without this drug.  I will be forced to go onto disability and I will be 
held a prisoner in my own bathroom.  My doctor told me yesterday that he is 
out of options and does not know how to help me.  Does it occur to those of 
you at the FDA that when you pull a drug you leave some of us with no more 
options?  I wish the pain of my disease on whomever it was that was 
responsible for its recall so that he or she can experience life with and 
without Lotronex.  Living in constant pain and fearing embarrasing attacks 
is no way to live and frankly I would rather live painfree with Lotronex and 
risk death then live a  long time without Lotronex and live in pain and 
terror. Please do something to halt this recall.

                               Sincerely,

                               



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