41. Dr. Burt Adelman, vice president for medical research, said there was no evidence that patients actually suffered more infections or cancer. 42. Even when patients suffer untoward effects, they may be too embarrassed to tell their doctors what they had been taking. 43. Even if the dosage had been diluted, Wyrick said the patients would have suffered no ill effects. 44. Even in remission, many patients suffer extraordinary fatigue. 45. Feldman said many patients also suffer from clinical depression. 46. Even when doctors suspect that their patients suffer from mass hysteria, they must examine all to be sure that one or two do not have an organic illness. 47. For years, terminally ill patients suffered needlessly because doctors resisted prescribing frequent, potent doses of narcotics, fearing that patients might become addicted. 48. Gene Allen, executive director of pastoral care at the Baptist Healthcare System, said many patients have suffered a major tragedy in their lives prior to their illness. 49. HIV patients also sometimes suffer from cardiomyopathy, a failure of the heart muscle. 50. However, Tandy said, a patient may suffer from a rebound effect. |