Rituxan patients - even previous patients....

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Hi to all,

I just recently received my Sept/Oct issue of Arthritis Today magazine and there

is an article on page 50 stating  that a recent study was presented to the 2009

Annual Mtg of the Euporean League Against Rheumatism in Denmark ( I think you

could go to : www.ArthritisToday.org  and look up the article) But the jist of

the article states that 72% of people w/ RA  who didn't respond to their initial

treatment  of Rituxan saw their symptoms improve after a second (meaning 2nd

set) infusion and 16% achieved remission. Apparantly, the more " B " cells a

patient starts out wth, the less likely they were to respond to treatment first

go around.

 

If you've had the 1st round of Rituxan with no results -( this article does NOT

say how many subjects were involved in the study BUT).... it's worth mentioning

to a doc............ Rituxan is usually prescribed for people who haven't

responded to other available treatments. Which that's been me - so I read

everything!!! Rituxan had weird but great---no--- WONDERFUL results for me and

I'm looking at starting another round very soon w/ new doctor as soon as blood

work is finished. It's been a blessing for me -

 

in SC