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- - Copaxone = remyelination? (https://www.neurotalk.org/multiple-sclerosis/208349-copaxone-remyelination.html)

ewizabeth

08-24-2014 09:39 AM

I have taken Copaxone for going on eight years total now, with a 3.5 year break in between when I was on Tysabri.

I haven't heard that either.

agate

08-24-2014 04:14 PM

I did find this, from 2008. Two of the authors are among the inventors of Copaxone, and the study was sponsored in part by Teva, the company that makes Copaxone, but the study results might still be worth considering. They are talking about experimental autoimmune encephalitis in mice, though it is the closest thing to an animal model for MS that there is.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2516229/

Starznight

08-24-2014 05:03 PM

See, studies like that make it more aggregating that we don't have a better test for an MS dx. It also does state that it does not repair the myelin, though adults aren't lacking in the ability to repair, repairs to the myelin are still unstable (that darn ionic bonding :( )... But it does so the importance of early detection.

Dubious

08-25-2014 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by msarkie (Post 1090614)

The neuro I see locally is a big proponent of Copaxone, and had told me that he had seen research showing that it could help with remyelination. I haven't seen him in a while, and I don't know where he saw this research. When I mentioned this to the MS specialist at Mayo, he outright scoffed. Does anyone have any knowledge on this?

There are a number of articles on Medline concerning Copaxone but here is one that popped out:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24934599

tkrik

08-25-2014 12:30 AM

I haven't heard of this. I'm sure if it was well documented and true, all of us MSers would be on Copaxone. Neuros wouldn't even consider any of the other DMDs.

SallyC

08-25-2014 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Dubious (Post 1091505)

There are a number of articles on Medline concerning Copaxone but here is one that popped out:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24934599

Interesting Dubious,(love your name:D)
They can suppose and conjecture all kinds of findings, but the
proof would be New myelin sheaths. Havent heard of any???:rolleyes:

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