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by Hepcat
Fri May 02, 2003 10:15 pm
Forum: Research News & Updates
Topic: New Board, new Philosophy, new Team
Replies: 2
Views: 1441

Cheers to everyone for taking the plunge and giving sufferers a voice and ray of hope once again.

I hope I speak for a great many when I say we feel renewed by your commitment to continue the fight, and thank you:thumbup:
by Hepcat
Fri Mar 21, 2003 5:16 pm
Forum: Success Stories
Topic: Working for me
Replies: 55
Views: 88113

Very Interesting.

Thank you Dale :)
by Hepcat
Wed Mar 12, 2003 10:13 pm
Forum: Success Stories
Topic: Working for me
Replies: 55
Views: 88113

Thanks Handyman, but I'm all too familiar with Neurontin.

I actually have a previous thread where I mention how I responded to it.
viewtopic.php?p=1847&highlight=#1847

Poorly, unfortunately :sad:
by Hepcat
Wed Mar 12, 2003 5:48 pm
Forum: Success Stories
Topic: Working for me
Replies: 55
Views: 88113

Dale : Oddly, I find my worst symptom right now is anxiety. I've had free floating anxiety and dysthymia my whole life and thought I had it beat. Then comes CP. Even though nearly a year has past since this whole ordeal has started, I still sleep poorly and literally shiver like a wet dog. Panic att...
by Hepcat
Sun Mar 09, 2003 12:43 am
Forum: Success Stories
Topic: Breakthrough for me!
Replies: 35
Views: 65899

Thanks Mark :)

I have a very agreeable GP who is letting me manage my own pharmacotherapy under his supervision. That, plus having my own copy of the CPS has held me in good stead.
by Hepcat
Sat Mar 08, 2003 11:08 pm
Forum: Success Stories
Topic: Breakthrough for me!
Replies: 35
Views: 65899

So, Mark. Do you think that for those of us not responding well to Quercetin . neurontin, Elavil, ect and have as primary pains those like testicular and abdominal that hydroxyzine would be a good first step, eventually moving into a hydroxyzine\hytrin combo if complications arise? I'm getting progr...
by Hepcat
Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:26 pm
Forum: Research News & Updates
Topic: Survey Database
Replies: 13
Views: 4549

Hey Dan.

Re-submits are not permitted to maintain the integrity of the data.

Of course, accidents can happen. I've taken care of your submission.

Delete the cookie as indicated above and you should be able to access the survey again.
by Hepcat
Sun Mar 02, 2003 11:53 pm
Forum: Research News & Updates
Topic: Survey Database
Replies: 13
Views: 4549

The survey is back up and very comprehensive now. Your enthusiasm and input really spurred us on to make the best possible tool for describing ourselves. I strongly encourage everyone to take the time to fill it out. With enough responses we will really begin to paint a portrait of the CP/CPPS suffe...
by Hepcat
Tue Jan 14, 2003 6:26 am
Forum: Research News & Updates
Topic: Schaeffer's Editorial 2003
Replies: 9
Views: 2411

IMHO: Adam is correct when he suggests that both clinical and basic research must be pursued concurrently. A summary, if perhaps a bit trivializing, statement may also be presented like this: You cannot know what basic science to pursue without clinical findings and you cannot interpret clinical fin...
by Hepcat
Sat Jan 11, 2003 8:19 pm
Forum: Research News & Updates
Topic: New Supplement on Prostatitis in "Urology"
Replies: 3
Views: 1691

This last abstract is interesting. Thats exactly what our group did (produce a precise consesus paper amongst recognized leaders in the field). I can tell you that once a disease entity has been established and verified by published peer consensus, doors open and money starts flowing. Thats one obje...
by Hepcat
Sat Jan 11, 2003 6:32 am
Forum: Research News & Updates
Topic: NIH initiates push for autoimmune research
Replies: 1
Views: 990

NIH initiates push for autoimmune research

NIH have allocated $609 million for autoimmune research in 2003 adding over $200 million more than in 2000. While CP/CPPS isn't explicetly listed of course, many disorders that have been proposed as hosting similar mechanisms are. The press release can found on the the NIH home page with a detailed ...
by Hepcat
Fri Jan 10, 2003 4:16 am
Forum: Research News & Updates
Topic: Category IV Prostatitis
Replies: 12
Views: 2747

Luckily my current position allows me access to all Blackwell e-journals, so I was able to read the entire paper. Categorization was based on current EPS and subjects were not excluded by previous diagnoses as far as I can tell. Far more ominous however is the question of whether increased PSA in pr...
by Hepcat
Fri Jan 10, 2003 2:57 am
Forum: Research News & Updates
Topic: Category IV Prostatitis
Replies: 12
Views: 2747

The fact remains that one third of all men show inflammation in their EPS, and never get CPPS. Actually, unless your aware of a longitudinal study that demonstrated this point, all we know is that 1/3 of all men show inflammation in their EPS. As far as I can tell, no group has been followed for ve...
by Hepcat
Thu Jan 09, 2003 10:55 pm
Forum: Research News & Updates
Topic: Category IV Prostatitis
Replies: 12
Views: 2747

Hrm. Well, I don't know what the selection criteria were for the candidates, but wouldn't a IIIa in symptomatic remission essentially be a class IV? And, almost certainly if inflammation is present, but asymptomatic, one would think they might be on the threshold at least of becoming so? ie. Perhaps...
by Hepcat
Thu Jan 09, 2003 9:53 pm
Forum: Research News & Updates
Topic: Schaeffer's Editorial 2003
Replies: 9
Views: 2411

Well, it seems the verdicts are in. So where will the focus shift next do you think? Pelvic neuropathic disease? Autoimmune disorders? Do we forgo the prostate as culprit in type IIIB/CPPS and start looking at the surrounding anatomy for clues? In my case at least, I'm betting on a neuropathic probl...