EU and US Regulators reviewing Gilenya
 

European and US Regulators reviewing Gilenya after 11 deaths

(I want to clarify that this DOES NOT mean that Gilenya caused the deaths, it means that they are looking at whether Gilenya has anything to do with the death of these patients! No one should make any assumptions or statements of "fact" until all the facts are in.)

http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...11-deaths.html

Last hospital stay one of the residents kept insisting that I start that med. One of the med nurses brought me a strange pill. I asked what it was as I was expecting 5 pills, not 6. She said its your new DMD gauleena (love the way she pronounced it.) and I said NO! please take it away. When the resident came back, she didnt understand why I would refuse it. I said LOOK IT UP! its been known to cause melanoma (have a family history) it can feed hormonal cancers (i had a hormonal breast cancer) it can cause slow heart rate (my mom has bradycardia, so I have a family history) it can lower T counts (mine easily fell during chemo, and I am NOT doing that again!) so...you tell ME why would I refuse such a drug...oh, lets not mention that 9 deaths have been attributed to it. Sheesh! stop helping me!