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I found out about it on the MS Society site. The original article that I read was by a Dr. in California. Dr Yussef I think. You can find her if you do a google search on statins and ms. It was printed in 2002 so they have been at it for a while already. No results on human studies yet have been wri...

Ha,ha,ha, the laugh is on me. I confused Aaron with Arron the site administrator. Sorry. Carolew

Also Aaron, very important. I did have a small relapse in Nov. 04. I have RRMS with attacks reallly rarely but incomplete recovery since the beginning fo this illness. I think my attack was mild because I was on Lipitor. I went off the Lipitor when I was getting the solumedrol but had to get back on...

Ok Dignan, I just did a google search on FTY720 and found what I needed. Thanks anyway. Carole

Dignan, the link you gave on this page is not working fore me and, I would love to read up on this drug since my neuro is just waiting for a GO to put me on the study for this drug. Can you help?

Hi Aaron, Sorry for the delay in answering. I meant that the Lipitor has given me alot of balance back but it is not perfect yet. I used to carry my foldable cane with me to go shopping, not anymore. The Lipitor has given me a whole lot of energy and that is certainly back to normal. I must say I di...

Aaron, you say by ' popular demand' , you wanted to start a statins forum. Is it because alot of other people want to start /are/ask about taking statins? I can't wait to hear about other people's experiences. I became excited about statins when I read that they help by stopping the inflammatory rea...

Aaron, you say by ' popular demand' , you wanted to start a statins forum. Is it because alot of other people want to start /are/ask about taking statins? I can't wait to hear about other people's experiences. I became excited about statins when I read that they help by stopping the inflammatory rea...

Finallly, the subject has come up. I have been on Statins for over a year now. Did not want to bring it up because there is no scientific data yet. Dr Youssef in California is looking very carefully into it and her results should come out soon. If you look at 'statins and Ms' with a Google search, y...

MAJOR CORRECTION HERE, NOT SEEN IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA. IT IS A MAJOR ANTIBODY TO GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA. SORRY.

The physician probably did an immunoglobulin electrophoresis and the ones that were elevated were IgM's. That test doesn't say to what exactly the immunoglobulins are reacting. . It means that your body has produced a large anount of that specific type of immunoglobulins. Several diseases cause such...

Hi, I wanted to ask "cfwin" how she thought the drug had helped her. I will start the phase lll study soon and was quite curious about the benefits ans what side effects you had , if any. Thanks. carolew[/u]

Sorry, now my message is right up there. I had written some days ago that I will participate in a phase lll study with teriflunomide. I am in the Ottawa, Ont. area and Dr Freedman is starting this study aroung Dec'04 he says, through the MS clinic at the Ottawa Hospital.

I find that it takes quite a while before the conversations are updated. I am new to this site. Perhaps, this unusual. You don't really have to post this. I just wanted to find out about other patients who also may have tried this new drug. Thanks.