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Same thing with Crestor and Coreg - both of which I take. There is no long-term data because they're new. Still, we actually DO know what Tysabri, Crestor and Coreg will do - they will all improve the lives of those who take them.
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Does that statement mean that by taking Tysabri for your MS, there is a guarantee that it will help you?
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There are now 4,500 patients enrolled in TOUCH, and 1,700 have received at least one infusion. As we get into calendar year 2007, the perceived odds of contracting PML (based upon the 3 deaths which occurred before the combo-effect was identified) will have dropped significantly.
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Another "perceived" guarantee?
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IMO, patients should be allowed to evaluate the risks themselves. Those who, for whatever reason, would like to see Tysabri fail will predictably capitalize upon the "uncertainty" angle. Those with a real choice to make will look at tangible evidence, and they'll evaluate their own status with regard to the risk of an alternative (and less effective) treatment. Then they will make a choice, with only their own circumstances in mind...and that, IMO, is how it should be.
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I totally agree with you in that most MS patients will make their own choice based on what they know about Tysabri or any medication. I can't imagine, though, that ANY reader here or any MS forum would like to see Tysabri fail miserably because that would only create far more suffering for the patient. And MS patients suffer enough on any one given day.
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A lot of people thought going to the moon was too dangerous. Others determined that the risks were manageable and that they could be overcome. Three guys died early on in the program, and as with Tysabri, the program was stopped while NASA determined what measures needed to be instituted, in order to make the capsule safe. NASA then resumed the program - and the rest is history.
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I somehow think the NASA engineers had a better idea and handle on the risks than what the docs have on Tysabri at the moment.
Harry
10-27-2006, 09:32 AM
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