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Hi! We recently received information from our hospital here in Sweden that Tysabri only will be administered to those patients that have a severe version of RRMS. I am very interested in knowing what the strategy for administering tysabri in the US is? Is it for all RRMS sufferers or do they make a ...

Hi! Has anyone looked into the research by Dr. Denise Faustman and her colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) regarding their new approach to diabetes? I first found out about it here: http://www.joinleenow.com/html/trials.php In short they are examining a method of re-training an immune...

Finn, I will see if I can contact our neurologist here and get them to investigate the possibilities of a study on minocycline. As you say, countries like ours should be more open to do a study on "cheaper" treatments. Do you have any info on the dosage that the Canadian study (Copaxone + ...

Hi finn, I guess the healthcare system in Finland is similar to the Swedish one (i.e. you get your medicine of choice almost for free). Have you tried asking your doctor for a Minocycline prescription? Which companies make Minocycline? Maybe it would be possible to convince them to bring into the co...

Here in Sweden Minocycline is also unavailable. (It was previously available in Aricept - a medicine used by dentists to prevent infection after dental surgery). However, I read somewhere that Minocycline is a derivative of Tetracycline which is commonly used here to treat acne. Would tetracycline h...