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Cardiovascular effects of oral MS drug Gilenya mostly transient

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The first approved oral medication for multiple sclerosis causes transient reductions in heart rate and atrioventricular conduction and a sustained increase in blood pressure, according to investigators who analyzed pooled data from two phase III trials.

The cohorts from the two phase III clinical trials of fingolimod (Gilenya) for relapsing-remitting muscular sclerosis involved 854 patients treated with the currently approved dosage offingolimod (0.5 mg/day), 849 patients on a higher dosage (1.25 mg/day), 418 patients on placebo, and 431 patients treated with weekly intramuscular injections of 30 mcg interferon beta-1a (Avonex) for 1-2 years.... Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... ageid/1309

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