-----Original Message----- From: Sally Wilkinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:13 AM To: Robert Pall Subject: FW: [TMIC] MS drug /maybe??
Hi Rob Have I gone totally nuts? I think I have sent this to the whole list by sending it to Trudy, but nothing bounced back at me, so maybe not! If I haven't how do I do it. Sorry sorry sorry! Your totally mad supporter in the UK! Sx -----Original Message----- From: Sally Wilkinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 October 2008 10:31 To: 'Trudy OGILVIE' Subject: RE: [TMIC] MS drug /maybe?? Importance: High Hi there This is excellent information, and the reason that I re-subscribed. I am a wife of a TM'er in the UK, and wanted to find out if this drug was suitable for people that have TM. In the UK the media never cover TM. Do we know yet? I only came back on line on Friday so I may have missed something regarding this matter! Any information would be greatly received. Many people helped me a great deal a couple of years ago, as I had so many questions, and a husband unwilling to ask, and doctors in the UK in the dark about TM. Thank you so much to those people. I must say that one of the reasons I did not stay on the list was that people said they would pray for me, which I found very upsetting and also annoying. In the subject heading I had no idea before I read their post that it would contain such statements, so I am not sure about the advice given to Sandy? How do you know to delete it before you have read it? And if you read it before deleting the damage is done. I am an atheist and I would never think to mention it. Positive thoughts can mean many things to many people, so why not just say that? Sandy and Rob are so right when they say it's just not a place for politics or religion. BUT if you mark the content in the subject heading and people on the list think they might be offended they can DELETE! Anyway this is just the opinion of a TM'ers wife from the UK! Please take no notice of my ramblings if it gives offence! Kind regards Sally in the UK! -----Original Message----- From: Trudy OGILVIE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 October 2008 01:05 To: TMIC-LIST@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] MS drug /maybe?? My daughter saw this article on Yahoo and sent it on to me. Very interesting since some of us have TM/MS I thought you might want to read it... It's certainly an improvement over what's being going on with some of the TM'ers on this list..... :) Frank..... welcome back!! you certainly arrived with an agenda!!! Now read this article tell us what you think and then have your martini... There is always Hope! Trudy - Researchers at the University of Cambridge said they have found that alemtuzumab, a drug originally developed . > > LONDON (AFP) - Researchers at the University of Cambridge said Thursday they have found that a drug originally developed to treat leukaemia can halt and even reverse the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis (MS). > > In trials, alemtuzumab reduced the number of attacks in sufferers and also helped them recover lost functions, apparently allowing damaged brain tissue to repair so that individuals were less disabled than at the start of the study. > > "The ability of an MS drug to promote brain repair is unprecedented," said Dr Alasdair Coles, a lecturer at Cambridge university's department of clinical neurosciences, who coordinated many aspects of the study. > > "We are witnessing a drug which, if given early enough, might effectively stop the advancement of the disease and also restore lost function by promoting repair of the damaged brain tissue." > > The MS Society, Britain's largest support charity for those affected by the condition, said it was "delighted" at the trial's results, which must be followed up with more research before the drug can be licensed. > > "This is the first drug that has shown the potential to halt and even reverse the debilitating effects of MS and this news will rightly bring hope to people living with the condition day in, day out," said head of research Lee Dunster. > > MS is an auto-immune disease that affects millions of people worldwide, including almost 100,000 in Britain and 400,000 in the United States. > > It is caused by the body's immune system attacking nerve fibres in the central nervous system, and can lead to loss of sight and mobility, depression, fatigue and cognitive problems. There is no cure, and few effective treatments. > > In the trial, 334 patients diagnosed with early-stage relapsing-remitting MS who had not previously been treated were given alemtuzumab or interferon beta-1a, one of the most effective licensed therapies for similar MS cases. > > After three years, alemtuzumab was found to reduce the number of attacks the patients suffered by 74 percent over the other treatment, and reduce the risk of sustained accumulation of disability by 71 percent over interferon beta-1a. > > Many individuals who took alemtuzumab also recovered some of their lost functions, becoming less disabled by the end, while the disabilities of the other patients worsened, the study in the New England Journal of Medicine said. > > Alastair Compston, professor of neurology and head of the clinical neurosciences department at Cambridge, said alemtuzumab was the "most promising" experimental drug for the treatment of MS. > > He expressed hope that further trials "will confirm that it can both stabilise and allow some recovery of what had previously been assumed to be irreversible disabilities". > > Alemtuzumab was developed in Cambridge and has been licensed for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. > > _________________________________________________________________ You live life beyond your PC. 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