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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Heah!
Posts: 2,921
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Magnate
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Heah!
Posts: 2,921
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Biogen-Idec reported yesterday that the US patient who was reported to have PML on Oct. 29, 2008 has died.
The death was likely as a result of IRIS from PLEX and treatment for PML. This is the patient who was 49 yrs old, female, previously treated with Copaxone,Beta-interferons and methotrexate for RA. She had received 14 infusions of Tysabri.
Her last methotrexate treatment was 4 months before starting Tysabri. It is unknown when she was last treated with interferons and Copaxone.
More information as and if it becomes available. Since this patient lives in the USA, there may be no further information available due to the HIPAA laws.
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I know the sound the river makes, by dawn, by night, by day. But can it stay me through tomorrows that find me far away?
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I have this mental picture in my mind of you all, shaking bones and bells and charms, muttering prayers and voodoo curses, dancing around in a circle of salt, with leetle glasses and tiny bottles of cheer in the middle...myyyyyy friends!
diagnosed 09/03/2004
scheduled to start Tysabri 03/05
Tysabri withdrawn from market 02/28/05
Copaxone 05/05-12/06
Tysabri returned to market 06/05/06
Found a new neuro 04/07
Tysabri 05/25/07-present
Medical Marijuana legally 12/03/09
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Negative for JC virus antibodies!
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I'm doing alright and making good grades,
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades!
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