Re: Re: [MSViews_Multiple_Sclerosis] Good News for Multiple Sclerosis Patients

[Guest guest]

We're all with ya Tom on this one!

Kathy

On 3-Dec-04, at 10:33 AM, tom bayuk wrote:

> I just can't understand this.........Two years ago this drug was called

> " Antigren " and the trials were halted because the drug FAILED.  Now

> two

> years later the same drug has a new name and is approved and

> publicized.

> BEWARE folks,  something is " Fishy " here.

> Regards,

> Tom

>

> [MSViews_Multiple_Sclerosis] Good News for Multiple Sclerosis

> Patients

>

>

> >

> > Good News for Multiple Sclerosis Patients

> >

> > Dr. Ostrow's Recent Reports  More >>

> >

> > http://www.wivb.com/global/story.asp?s=2633701

> >

> > Good News for Multiple Sclerosis Patients

> >

> > (November 30, 2004) - - The FDA has approved a new drug to help

> patients

> > battling Multiple Sclerosis. In this medical report, Doctor

> Ostrow

> > shows us how the drug, tested right here in Buffalo, is twice as

> good at

> > stopping the debilitating effects of MS.

> >

> > Palloni's first MS attack was 12 years ago.

> >

> > Palloni: " I was trying to write something down and I couldn't

> write

> > - it was only like scribbling - and my hand became numb. "

> >

> > An MRI scan showed the typical white spots of ms lesions. She was

> > treated with the best drug available, Interferon, but still had

> > occasionial relapses.

> >

> > Palloni: " I'd have weakness in my right leg, my right side, my arm. "

> >

> > An MS attack happens when inflammatory cells in the circulation

> leave

> > the bloodstream and enter the brain.

> >

> > We can see that happening on an mri scan. Inside the ms plaque,

> those

> > inflammatory cells attack the nerve fibers and their coverings, and

> > that's what causes the symptoms. (shown on WIVB-TV)

> >

> > Frederick Munschauer, M.D., Chairman, Dept. of Neurology,

> University at

> > Buffalo; Director, s Neurological Institute: " What we are

> trying to

> > do with any therapy with MS is decrease the inflammation associated

> with

> > the brain. "

> >

> > A new drug, Tysabri, does that very well. Inflammatory cells use

> surface

> > proteins called integrins to leave blood vessels.

> >

> > Tysabri blocks those integrins so the cells can't reach the brain.

> > Current treatments have been able to reduce attacks by 30 percent,

> but

> > Tysabri reduced them by 67 percent.

> >

> > Dr. Munschauer: " It was so effective after one year that it led to

> the

> > FDA approving the drug based on the first year alone, of a two year

> > trial. Its become really a good time for patients with MS because

> > there's hope - not a cure, but substantial hope that we can do

> better

> > than we've ever done before. "

> >

> > Tysabri is infused for an hour once a month, and now that its

> available,

> > MS patients will have the same reaction mary did.

> > Palloni: " Very happy...very very happy. "

> >

> > She was one of many local patients who were involved in the trial.

> >

> > It is very uncommon that a drug is so effective that it gains FDA

> > approval before the end of the clinical trial, but after one year,

> the

> > advantage of Tysabri was very clear.

> >

> > Q. What will happen to Interferon?

> > A. Interferon will still be used for some patients, and it may be

> > that the combination of both treatments will be even more effective

> > http://www.wivb.com/global/story.asp?s=2633701

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Link for chat:

> >   MSViews_Multiple_Sclerosis/chat

> > Photos:

> > http://photos./group/MSViews_Multiple_Sclerosis/lst

> > Group Home: MSViews_Multiple_Sclerosis

> > MyMSViews Home: http://www.mymsviews.org Home:

> > MSViews_Multiple_Sclerosis

> > MyMSViews Home: http://www.mymsviews.org

> >

[Guest guest]

I am glad that my Dr. figures it would be of no benefit to me too!

See it allways could be worse I could have Relapsing Remitting and have been injecting Copaxone all these years figuring I was doing myself a favour.Instead for twelve wonderful years I did nothing but raise my kids.

Thanks for remembering this article Tom.

Reg.

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We're all with ya Tom on this one!

Kathy

On 3-Dec-04, at 10:33 AM, tom bayuk wrote:

> I just can't understand this.........Two years ago this drug was called

> "Antigren" and the trials were halted because the drug FAILED. Now

> two

> years later the same drug has a new name and is approved and

> publicized.

> BEWARE folks, something is "Fishy" here.

> Regards,

> Tom

[Guest guest]

Tom,

I have the scoop on the name change from one of the nurses from Biogen who has

called me every two months while I was on Avonex. She seemed surprised and

hurt that I stopped Avonex and began LDN and actually feel better. But, she

said the reason for the name change was due to the FDA, Too many drugs start

with the prefix " ante " and that might confuse doctors (?) and patients. So,

the FDA changed the name to avoid confusion. That's their story anyway - take

it with a grain of salt.

VCL

I just can't understand this.........Two years ago this drug was called

" Antigren " and the trials were halted because the drug FAILED. Now two

years later the same drug has a new name and is approved and publicized.

BEWARE folks, something is " Fishy " here.

Regards,

Tom

[MSViews_Multiple_Sclerosis] Good News for Multiple Sclerosis

Patients

>

> Good News for Multiple Sclerosis Patients

>

> Dr. Ostrow's Recent Reports More >>

>

> http://www.wivb.com/global/story.asp?s=2633701

>

> Good News for Multiple Sclerosis Patients

>

> (November 30, 2004) - - The FDA has approved a new drug to help patients

> battling Multiple Sclerosis. In this medical report, Doctor Ostrow

> shows us how the drug, tested right here in Buffalo, is twice as good at

> stopping the debilitating effects of MS.

>

> Palloni's first MS attack was 12 years ago.

>

> Palloni: " I was trying to write something down and I couldn't write

> - it was only like scribbling - and my hand became numb. "

>

> An MRI scan showed the typical white spots of ms lesions. She was

> treated with the best drug available, Interferon, but still had

> occasionial relapses.

>

> Palloni: " I'd have weakness in my right leg, my right side, my arm. "

>

> An MS attack happens when inflammatory cells in the circulation leave

> the bloodstream and enter the brain.

>

> We can see that happening on an mri scan. Inside the ms plaque, those

> inflammatory cells attack the nerve fibers and their coverings, and

> that's what causes the symptoms. (shown on WIVB-TV)

>

> Frederick Munschauer, M.D., Chairman, Dept. of Neurology, University at

> Buffalo; Director, s Neurological Institute: " What we are trying to

> do with any therapy with MS is decrease the inflammation associated with

> the brain. "

>

> A new drug, Tysabri, does that very well. Inflammatory cells use surface

> proteins called integrins to leave blood vessels.

>

> Tysabri blocks those integrins so the cells can't reach the brain.

> Current treatments have been able to reduce attacks by 30 percent, but

> Tysabri reduced them by 67 percent.

>

> Dr. Munschauer: " It was so effective after one year that it led to the

> FDA approving the drug based on the first year alone, of a two year

> trial. Its become really a good time for patients with MS because

> there's hope - not a cure, but substantial hope that we can do better

> than we've ever done before. "

>

> Tysabri is infused for an hour once a month, and now that its available,

> MS patients will have the same reaction mary did.

> Palloni: " Very happy...very very happy. "

>

> She was one of many local patients who were involved in the trial.

>

> It is very uncommon that a drug is so effective that it gains FDA

> approval before the end of the clinical trial, but after one year, the

> advantage of Tysabri was very clear.

>

> Q. What will happen to Interferon?

> A. Interferon will still be used for some patients, and it may be

> that the combination of both treatments will be even more effective

> http://www.wivb.com/global/story.asp?s=2633701

>

>

>

>

> Link for chat:

> MSViews_Multiple_Sclerosis/chat

> Photos:

> http://photos./group/MSViews_Multiple_Sclerosis/lst

> Group Home: MSViews_Multiple_Sclerosis

> MyMSViews Home: http://www.mymsviews.org Home:

> MSViews_Multiple_Sclerosis

> MyMSViews Home: http://www.mymsviews.org

>

[Guest guest]

Reg,

It was the summer of 2002, big news at that time.

Regards,

Tom

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We're all with ya Tom on this one!

Kathy

On 3-Dec-04, at 10:33 AM, tom bayuk wrote:

> I just can't understand this.........Two years ago this drug was called

> "Antigren" and the trials were halted because the drug FAILED. Now

> two

> years later the same drug has a new name and is approved and

> publicized.

> BEWARE folks, something is "Fishy" here.

> Regards,

> Tom

[Guest guest]

Hi VCL,

Thank you,

Regards,

Tom

Re: [low dose naltrexone] Re: [MSViews_Multiple_Sclerosis] Good News

for Multiple Sclerosis Patients

> Tom,

>

> I have the scoop on the name change from one of the nurses from Biogen who

> has

> called me every two months while I was on Avonex. She seemed surprised

> and

> hurt that I stopped Avonex and began LDN and actually feel better. But,

> she

> said the reason for the name change was due to the FDA, Too many drugs

> start

> with the prefix " ante " and that might confuse doctors (?) and patients.

> So,

> the FDA changed the name to avoid confusion. That's their story anyway -

> take

> it with a grain of salt.

>

> VCL

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I don't remember that, but that was the year that I retired, got my first home computer, and my son was getting married. So no wonder I forgot about the Antegren trials it was at this time that I was researching another wonder drug to see if I should get on it. I decided too and in Oct 93 got my first LDN. prescription, at which time Antegren was the farthest thing from my mind.Just why did I even wait the year though?

And I must add that (for the others out there)I am still doing so very well in the bladder control dept that I forget what it was like to have to run every fifeteen minutes like before.LDN.Every month I seem to just improve a little more.No ballroom dancing yet but we shall see.

Actually my wife is quite envious as she is now entering menopause and she is the one in the washroom every half hour somedays.

Reg.

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Reg,

It was the summer of 2002, big news at that time.

Regards,

Tom

Re: [low dose naltrexone] Re: [MSViews_Multiple_Sclerosis] Good News for Multiple Sclerosis Patients

We're all with ya Tom on this one!

Kathy

On 3-Dec-04, at 10:33 AM, tom bayuk wrote:

> I just can't understand this.........Two years ago this drug was called

> "Antigren" and the trials were halted because the drug FAILED. Now

> two

> years later the same drug has a new name and is approved and

> publicized.

> BEWARE folks, something is "Fishy" here.

> Regards,

> Tom