I started a new med today: Danazol. I will post my dosage when I have it at hand. Info can be found at http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-7778-Danazol+Oral.aspx?drugid=7778&drugname=Danazol+Oral (the http link didn't work this time, I am experimenting with that) Our hope is that it will slow the progression of the symptoms.
From a purely philosophical perspective, I don't think anyone can be sure that a particular course of treatment is effective at "slowing the progression" in a single case. To what are we comparing this course of treatment? I do tend to wander to that end of the spectrum, often asking questions of myself like, "How do we know that this is doing any good at all?" Well, I can say with regard to my pain meds, if I stop taking them, my symptoms increase in a few hours or within a day. When I start taking them again, the pain subsides. So for those symptoms, I can accept that there is benefit. But for the courses of treatment for other symptoms that we are merely attempting to, again "slow the progression", I am not certain that we are making progress. For the most part, I trust that we are.
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