Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Mepron





I thought I'd share these lovely pictures of my newest Lyme medicine, Mepron. It looks like paint, it has the consistency of paint, and I am 99% sure it's radioactive. I am almost done with my first cycle already: two weeks on antibiotics, and two weeks off.

The best part about being on Mepron is my insatiable urge to photograph its strange yellow color*, which looks EXACTLY like the yellow paint in kindergarten art class. And just like a kindergartner painting, I'm usually covered from head to toe in primary yellow after taking my Mepron**! It stains my lips, my teeth, my tongue, my clothes (yeah, I'm clumsy!), and the dosing spoon. I like to leave my face yellow for a while, pretend I'm a big scary monster, and scare my family members! Roooar!



*The pictures above were taken with a web cam and do not accurately reflect the actual color.
**Do not confuse what I just said and let your kindergartner paint with your Mepron--that little bottle costs around $1200!


This post is dedicated to my Lyme friend, Heather ,while she struggles with her own goopy paint medicine! Hang in there, Heather! Keep making Mepron monster faces!

5 comments:

  1. Thanks!!!! I'm having trouble getting thick paint out of the dosing spoon. I've had to use a tsp. from my kitchen drawer!

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  2. Same here! Except I accidentally grabbed a tablespoon and nearly overdosed! Haha.

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  3. WHen I took Mepron (with zithromax) the color really got to me...and the thick gritty texture. I called it the yellow sludge...BUT we do what we gotta do :) You are so right...it looks like paint and tastes almost as bad.

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  4. Yeah I just got my first bottle of mepron it took about twenty minutes to get it out of the dropper and dosing spoon. I think I'll use a teaspoon and try not to spill it. Even though I was prepared for it to be yellow I don't think you can be fully prepared until you see it I bet it glows in the dark!

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  5. Maybe it's some kind of a joke among pharmacists to give the dosing spoon with Mepron.

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