On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 04:48:28 -0400, Kerry Ose <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Leslie questions the economic explanation for the prohibition of domperidon >in the US. My recollection is that Domperidone was often preferred for >on-label use as well. Domperidone was cutting into Reglan's ostensible >*and* off-label market. > >Kerry Ose I worked in the ICU last month, and one day we were informally discussing tube feeds, gut motility, and GI prophylaxis in adults on ventilators. The critical care fellow actually brought up domperidone, saying, "there's this great drug, better than Reglan, called domperidone, but you can't get it anymore. There used to be a pharmacy in North Carolina that had it, but I don't know if you can still get it there. We used it all the time in Europe." He was astonished when I told him that some women use it to enhance milk production, and thought it was hysterical that I'd ordered some myself from globaldrug.tv. And then there was an emergency so we didn't get to discuss it further, but I was impressed that he knew about and even recommended its use. (And boy, that drug works. As an EPer I was able to exactly track the results: my milk supply plummeted to 15oz/day when I dropped to 3 pumps, but taking 80mg a day brought it up to nearly 30oz/day without needing to increase my time spent pumping. Then was able to titrate the dose down, drop a pump, and maintain 16-18oz/day with 2 sessions on 50mg/day.) -Sarah Reece-Stremtan M.D. *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html