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Rituxan for Treatment of RRMS
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Hi you guys
This is exciting news In the Feb 14th Issue of the New England Journal of Medicine a study using Rituxan (Rituximab) for the treatment of Remitting-Relapsing MS was published with great results Here are the details: 1) 104 patients were enrolled 69 to receive Rituxan (on days 1 and 15) and 35 to receive placebo 2) As many of you know Rituxan is used in the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis and is a monoclonal antibody directed against the CD20 antigen on B-lymphocytes 3) CONCLUSIONS FROM THIS STUDY: A single course of rituximab significantly reduced both MRI and clinical evidence of inflammatory activity for 48 weeks!!! For those who want more details: WWW.NEJM.COM for the abstract Dr O. Posted on 02/29/08, 12:02 am |
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IS IT A PILL OR AN INJECTION LIKE INTERFERONS .I'M TAKING LDN NOW .EVER HEAR OF IT? 
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Its an injection (infusion really). Rituxan is currently used in the treatment of Non Hodgkins Lymphoma and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Dr O.
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Dr. O, What about the LDN (Low Dose Naltrexone)? Like Spike asked, have you ever heard of it? If yes, what do you know?
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Hi there
Put LDN in the search box and you can see many discussions weve had (in the MS community among others) on LDN. Dr O.
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So Dr.O does that mean you have no knowledge of LDN? AND THE anecdotal evidence of 73% response, favorable. At a cost of 20$ per month. MRI evidence shows stop progression. A drug that has been approved since 1984. Once a day pill. It raises endorphin levels in the body 2-300% for up to 18 Hrs. Allowing the bodies own immune system to balance itself. That is what I have found as far as Info.
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Thanks Dr. O
Keep any positive hopes coming. And Good Morning to you! (Hugs) Mary
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Lumpc1
no it means this was a discussion post about Rituxan and the very very positive results we should all be excited about and we have had many LDN disucssions on DS which I referred you to Dr O.
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So one would take a single course, once a year?
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Hi there:
Patients in this study received 1000 mg injection of Rituxan on days 1 and 15. This study published in the New England Journal of Medicine followed patients to 48 weeks but there are ongoing studies obviously. Dr O.
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What does that man Doc? once a year?
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