For POST COLON & BREAST CANCER CHEMO SEVERE ENERGY DRAIN: I AM 78 YO FEMALE R. N. WHO RETIRED FROM NURSING AFTER 50 YRS.. IHAVE TAKEN METHYLPHENIDATE 18 MG ER SINCE 2009 TO STIMULATE ENERGY POST CHEMO FOR COLON CANCER. SEVERE ENERGY DEFICIT COMPOUNDED POST CHEMO FOR BREAST CANCER IN 2022. THE ENERGY DRAIN OVER ALL THESE YRS. PRODUCES A FEELING LIKE I'LL DROP DEAD WHEN STANDING THAT NEVER FEELS BETTER WITHOUT THIS MED...LIKE "MY ENGINE REFUSES TO START". I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND AN HERBAL PREP. THAT MIMICS THE EFFECTS OF THIS PILL. THE ONCOLOGIST TELLS ME 20 -30% OF CHEMO PATIENTS END UP WITH THIS ENERGY DRAIN PROBLEM. I HAVE NEVER USED ILLICIT DRUGS, SMOKED. RARELY DO I EVEN HAVE ONE GLASS OF WINE A YEAR. SINCE THEN, PHARMACY HAS DISPENSED 3 DIFFERENT LOOKING PILLS OF THIS MED; A YEL. TUBE SHAPED; A TINY RUST-REDDISH ROUND; AS OF 5 DAYS AGO A PALE YEL/CREAM ROUND "TL 760". I ALWAYS TAKE THIS RX ON AN EMPTY STOMACH & PRAY IN BED TILL IT KICKS IN.... USUALLY, IN 50 MIN.. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS NEW PILL MED IS TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE & I'VE BEEN IN "DROP DEAD MODE" INCREASINGLY FOR 5 DAYS. THE PHARM CANNOT TAKE THE REMAINING PILLS BACK; THE PCP IS NOT RESPONDING. I FEEL TERRIBLE & NEED SOME ASSISTANCE. I FEEL LIKE FINDING A LAB THAT CAN ANALYZE IT TO SEE IF IT'S A COUNTERFEIT PILL.

By NIXXI on 22 Mar, 2025