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Old 12-15-2011, 04:59 PM #1
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NMSS reported on 12/12 that a person died after receiving a first dose of the oral DMD Gilenya...the FDA has been notified.

I like to wait til the kinks are out of new car models and new meds before I buy...

Prayers to the family of the person who died...
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Well, that's scary. What was the official cause of death, the med? or something underlying that the med might have affected?

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Apparently it was somehow cardiac in nature according to the story in the link below

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-1...g-gilenya.html
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I heard about this. It is so sad and IMuneducatedO, it seems that Gilenya was probably the cause of it as it happened within 24 hours of her 1st dose.

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The family is in my thoughts and prayers.
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Terribly sad. Keeping her family in my prayers.
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It is very sad.

Thanks for the link Erin. It appears to be too early to tell what happened butthe article reported she was monitored for 6 hours after the dose:

"Whether Gilenya played a role in the patient’s death can’t be excluded or confirmed, Eric Althoff, a spokesman for the Basel, Switzerland-based drugmaker, said today in an e-mailed statement. The death is the first reported within 24 hours of the first Gilenya dose in more than 28,000 patients who have taken the drug, Althoff said."
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Sad that it happened so close to Christmas. (or anytime actually)
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NMSS reported on 12/12 that a person died after receiving a first dose of the oral DMD Gilenya...the FDA has been notified.

I like to wait til the kinks are out of new car models and new meds before I buy...

Prayers to the family of the person who died...
I had read that there was concern over the possible dangers of Gilenya but to be fatal so quickly after taking the first dose!! Hmmm.

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I had read that there was concern over the possible dangers of Gilenya but to be fatal so quickly after taking the first dose!! Hmmm.

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Hadn't seen that report. I am on Gilenya now and working with HR, Novartis and ins. to get on it regulary. Co pay is over a grand a month and even with Novartis co-pay over $200 a month. I'm thinking of trying LDN. I refuse to go back to injections. I'll have to search online and check with drug reps. I know to see if I can get any inside info. Yeah it does make you go Hmmm.
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