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Old 02-28-2008, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Harry Z View Post

The responsibility of reporting what happened in the Tysabri trials lies with Biogen/Elan. I have never been a fan of those companies and have always questioned if we were being told everything about Tysabri. You start to hear information like this and it makes you wonder. I sure hope that MS patients are not again going to be subject to another possible therapy that may do more harm than good in the long run!

Harry
Here here. The after market data on this drug continues to trickle in and I'm still not a fan - neither is my neurologist. Might it be a different story if I were experiencing more rapid progression? Absolutely. But it still makes me mad.

Liver damage is a risk with Tylenol ....but millions upon millions of people take Tylenol.

Liver damage was something I experienced on Avonex. Testing me every six months caught - in time - problems that could still be addressed and rectified: Severe liver damage within 6 days is quite another story. At least in my mind it is. I think it's a little cavalier (as Cherie seemes to suggest) to deal with this simply by suggesting people be on the look out for jaundice - something that indicates severe damage is already done.
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