This Is MS Multiple Sclerosis Community: Knowledge & Support

Note: please keep this quiet - I don't want Harry Z to find out as it may spoil his Christmas!


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2115 ... t=Abstract

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It would take a lot more than this information to spoil my Christmas And it doesn't matter how quiet you are, Harry Z will hear

Tysabri has a dramatic effect on a patient's immune system so it isn't surprising that we are seeing this kind of result. Other powerful drugs (usually cancer fighting medications used on MS) also show similar kinds of results and we often hear of how those drugs have helped MS patients over a period of time. But the length of time and amount of the drug that the patient takes is often limited and there can be nasty side effects. So far, over the long haul, these drugs have little effect on the progression of the disease.

Do some patients go into a remission? Yes. Do some remain the same? Yes. Do some become worse? Yes. These kind of results have been going on for years with the various drugs and little has changed.

The biggest concern with Tysabri, as we all know, is the continually rise in risk of getting PML the longer one is on the drug. Biogen continues to tell us that the overall risk is still at 1/1000 but that has grown to double for patients on the drug over two years. So again, it boils down to benefit vs risk in choosing Tysabri or any other MS medication. At the same time, the oral drugs are becoming available but they too aren't without some side effects that increase the rate of infections. Talk about a difficult situation in trying to choose which drug to take.

It's too bad that some of the money still being spent on drug research is diverted to research on CCSVI. But that is a whole new discussion!

Have a great holiday season.

Harry

Bob,

The day you hear that I have stock in Biogen (Tysabri) please send the guys in the white jackets to take me away, lock the door and throw away the key.

Have Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Harry

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Antibodies, being composed of protein, would likely just get digested and wouldn't do much. How about some worms instead?


NHE

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Am I missing something here?

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As we all are retarded somehow in Asia; I'll say Happy 2011; I'll see you all in a year or so with Great News I hope!!

Cheers, Peace and Love among us...

Algis

I was just wondering about the 2012 thing.

Bob,

That skin has grown very thick in the past 10 years so it's almost immune to most darts thrown at me these days.



Harry

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I guess that's partially my fault. I really goofed on the quoting it seems.