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michele u · 12-19-2006, 09:13 PM

Sherry,

If you are stage 4 you will be able to get it when it is FDA approved in march 2007. That's what the date they are telling people. Off label mean taking a FDA approved medication and using it for a different indication that it was approved for. Like when Herceptin was just being given to stage 4 patients, alot of the women had their dr's give it to them in earlier stages. I'm sure your dr. will not say no when it is FDA approved

12-19-2006, 09:13 PM	#2
michele u Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Henderson, NE Posts: 413	Sherry, If you are stage 4 you will be able to get it when it is FDA approved in march 2007. That's what the date they are telling people. Off label mean taking a FDA approved medication and using it for a different indication that it was approved for. Like when Herceptin was just being given to stage 4 patients, alot of the women had their dr's give it to them in earlier stages. I'm sure your dr. will not say no when it is FDA approved __________________ Michele Ulmer dx: August 2003 stage 3b 35 pos nodes ER/PR neg Her+ 4 AC 12 weekly taxol one year Herceptin in trial 35 rad tx vaccine trial Seattle NED