Jennifer,My father-in-law was prescribed Megace last summer as an appetite stimulant. He had a diagnosis of colon CA and had lost a ton of weight and his appetite. That is as much as I know about it, and it did stimulate his appetite. Jane Ciaramella RNC, IBCLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html