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01-22-2010, 06:49 PM
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Fampridine (extended release pill version of 4-aminopyridine) was approved today.
http://phoenix.corporate-ir.net/phoe...8105&highlight= HAWTHORNE, N.Y., Jan 22, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOR) today announced that it has received marketing approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for AMPYRA(TM) (dalfampridine), an oral treatment to improve walking in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). This was demonstrated by an increase in walking speed. AMPYRA demonstrated efficacy in people with all four major types of MS (relapsing remitting, secondary progressive, progressive relapsing and primary progressive). AMPYRA can be used alone or with existing MS therapies, including immunomodulator drugs.
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01-22-2010, 06:56 PM
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...and they renamed it too!
 AMPYRA? Why does this make me want to check the fire?
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01-22-2010, 07:00 PM
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Saw this on another posting too. Jim says he's going to wait and watch for awhile. The last "new" drug he took lowered his immune system (Novantrone) and almost took him down. The studies are interesting though and sound great! How cool to not have to take a shot anymore! But for now, Jim will lurk and watch. He doesn't walk either but who knows?
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01-22-2010, 07:09 PM
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I believe this is more of a symptom relief drug, rather than an actual MS treatment.
It evidently helps people to walk faster in timed trials. This is important because it takes a lot of energy to walk and if you can walk faster your energy takes you further? I think you're thinking about Fingolimod. I think that one is a treatment.
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01-22-2010, 07:21 PM
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I too am gonna hang back and wait. lets see where this one goes. Change scares me.
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01-22-2010, 07:36 PM
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Another pretty poison....literally... it's used as Bird Poison.
 I hope it helps those of you who will be able to take it safely. 
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01-22-2010, 09:16 PM
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Quote:
 Yep. Your right I was thinking of Fingolimod. Too M-A-N-Y drugs.
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01-22-2010, 10:10 PM
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Funny, they begin with an *F*
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02-02-2010, 11:45 AM
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I have been taking the compounded version. 4AP- 20 mgs (5 mgs every 4 hours) for a couple of months. I can bend the toes on my right foot which was not happening before. I have more energy. There is alot of info on the web about it. Interesting. Good stuff so far for me. I am going to have to stay with the compounded version for now. The new sustained release is expensive!!
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02-02-2010, 09:47 PM
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FYI,
It also has a beneficial effect on heat related symptoms for some people.
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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? . 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 . Negative for JC virus antibodies! . I'm doing alright and making good grades, The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades! . |
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