Guest guest Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 I was reading that lesions don't drive disability from the time I was dx. I believe rebif caused the attack that got me terminated by my employer. Do these things actually do any good? Or are they just a profit center for big pharma? Valery At 09:22 AM 7/24/2012, you wrote: > > >The most widely prescribed drug for treating MS >has little or no effect on a patient's progression to disability. > >Helen Tremlett, an associate professor of >neurology at the University of British Columbia, >cautioned that the study does not show that interferon beta is useless. > >However, Dr. A. Hafler, chairman of the >neurology department at Yale said, " If >interferon does have an effect on disability, >then it's a relatively small effect. " > >Relapses and brain lesions do not, apparently, >drive disability, Dr. Tremlett said. > ><http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/health/research/multiple-sclerosis-drug-does\ nt-stop-disability-study-finds.html?_r=1 & adxnnl=1 & adxnnlx=1343138713-ur9vuBcBZii\ J6uWuC0TVlA>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/health/research/multiple-sclerosis\ -drug-doesnt-stop-disability-study-finds.html?_r=1 & adxnnl=1 & adxnnlx=1343138713-u\ r9vuBcBZiiJ6uWuC0TVlA > >KC > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 I definitely got worse - faster than I had been progressing from my first (now known) CIS after they tried the drugs on me! Wish I would have just had the guts to say no! ~ > > I was reading that lesions don't drive disability > from the time I was dx. I believe rebif caused > the attack that got me terminated by my > employer. Do these things actually do any > good? Or are they just a profit center for big pharma? > > Valery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 I'm with you on that one ! 'What we do in life, echoes through eternity.' MARCUS AURELIUS (121 - 180 A.D.) To: mscured From: jsclue@... Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:54:27 +0000 Subject: Re: Interferon beta study I definitely got worse - faster than I had been progressing from my first (now known) CIS after they tried the drugs on me! Wish I would have just had the guts to say no! ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 STRONGLY feel that Rebif made me worse / flushed me down the toilet > > The most widely prescribed drug for treating MS has little or no effect on a patient's progression to disability. > > Helen Tremlett, an associate professor of neurology at the University of British Columbia, cautioned that the study does not show that interferon beta is useless. > > However, Dr. A. Hafler, chairman of the neurology department at Yale said, " If interferon does have an effect on disability, then it's a relatively small effect. " > > Relapses and brain lesions do not, apparently, drive disability, Dr. Tremlett said. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/health/research/multiple-sclerosis-drug-doesnt\ -stop-disability-study-finds.html?_r=1 & adxnnl=1 & adxnnlx=1343138713-ur9vuBcBZiiJ6\ uWuC0TVlA > > KC > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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