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Originally Posted by chrishadms
I saw that but as my docs also told me...If someone has CIS they already have shown signs of a whacked out immune system.
This is using Copaxone on a immune system that is brand new and not crazy (so they hope) just like it is in the mice.
My immune system is so new I need to have all my vaccinations again. We are hoping the Copaxone turns into just one of those.
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Yeah, but if your immune system is no longer "whacked out", then Copaxone shouldn't even be necessary at all.
Based on his anology, maybe we should just put Copaxone in our water supply so that no one EVER gets MS.
If the treatment didn't work for 23% of the people . . . we are now down to 7 that it did work (initially) for.
Then if this treatment, combined with using Copaxone after, worked for 50% of those people (3.5
) over two years, we are talking about a very small number of people. I am assuming that at least some, if not most, are RRMS . . . so "remission" is the nature of the beast too (especially if the Copaxone is working for them), so it is IMPOSSIBLE to know if this treatment is "working" the way they hope it is.
The numbers are too small to draw conclusions . . . but that does not mean to say that it isn't potentially a good option.
There is no cure, YET, and nothing that can "promising to stop it for sure". I think you have to be very careful about suggesting otherwise.
BTW, you never answered about side-effects and risks . . .?
Cherie
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