>----- Original Message -----
From: chris <smithy@maine.rr.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@talk.obgyn.net>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 10:26 AM
Subject: Pain Clinic Update cont'd
> Hi again:
>
> The pain clinic called and said no, they would not be able to make a
> verbal report to my pcp and that he would get the faxed report on
> Tuesday. So I took 600 mg ibuprofen and planned to take it every 6
> hours. 5 minutes later the pcp calls (guess the nurse told him I was
> very upset) and tells me the reason he said no was because there are two
> drugs that sound exactly the same, Celebrex and Celesta (something like
> that) and he wanted to read the report to be sure which one it was.
> Celebrex is an antiinflammtory and Celesta (or whatever) is an
> antidepressant. I told him the doc said "one of the new
> antiinflammatories with less side effects" and the fact that I knew the
> Celesta was an antidepressent convinced him I guess because then he said
> "well, in that case if you're sure we can try Celebrex and see if it
> helps. Come into the office and pick up some samples". I can't start
> it until tomorrow because I didn't wait long enough before taking the
> ibuprofen! At least I won't have to fill a prescription (very expensive)
> if the samples don't work as well as I'm hoping for.
> Hey, was this an example of effective communication?
>
> Chris S.
>