Crazy FDA Ruling Allows Yet One More Lethal Drug on the Market

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Crazy FDA Ruling Allows Yet One More Lethal Drug on the Market

 

 

An FDA advisory panel has unanimously recommended that the multiple

sclerosis drug Tysabri be returned to the market.

 

The drug was withdrawn about a year ago after it was found to cause a

deadly brain ailment.

 

It is expected that the FDA will follow the recommendation, making

Tysabri the second instance ever of a drug returning to the market

after being withdrawn for safety reasons.

 

Shares in Elan and Biogen, the manufacturers of the drug, jumped

upward in response to the news.

About one in 1,000 people who took Tysabri during clinical trials

developed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a rare

brain disease that results in death or severe disablement. There is no

treatment for PML.

 

News March 8, 2006

 

New York Times March 9, 2006

 

Dr. Mercola's Comment:

 

Tysabri is a monoclonal antibody that is given every four weeks by

infusion into a vein. It is designed to interfere with movement of

immune cells from the bloodstream, across the " blood-brain barrier, "

and into the brain and spinal cord.

 

Tysabri blocks this movement by attaching to alpha 4-integrin, a

protein on the surface of immune T cells that normally enables them to

pass through the blood-brain barrier.

 

I recently warned you about the FDA approving more testing on Tysabri,

now it appears that it's coming back to market.

 

Although the FDA panel agreed Tysabri required mandatory controls to

ensure patients were aware of all the risks, they also approved (by a

7-5 count) the drug as an initial therapy for MS, rather than only as

a method of last resort.

 

This is especially problematic as the underlying principle that drugs

are the solution for MS is flat out wrong. There is not one drug that

treats the underlying cause of the disease. ALL of them are merely

expensive, symptomatic and, in this case, potentially lethal, band-aids.

 

If you're looking for safer, healthier ways to treat MS without a

lethal drug, I urge you to review my list of natural options. One of

the smartest and most essential first steps to treating MS is to have

your vitamin D blood levels checked and monitor them on a monthly

basis (you want your level to be around 50).

 

However, our clinic has had a large number of patients with MS go into

complete remission by following our raw food modifications of a diet

appropriate for their Metabolic Type. I am constantly amazed at how

effective metabolic typing is for MS.

 

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