Ms Drug

Rick on April 11th, 2010

Ampyra [am-PEER-ah], the brand name for a new drug named fampridine-SR, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis. The new drug is the first Multiple Sclerosis drug to enhance some neurological functioning for MS patients. Dr. Andrew Goodman, chief of the University of Rochester Medical Center’s […]

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Rick on February 28th, 2008

MSNBC.com has a piece this morning about the Multiple Sclerosis drug Tysabri® (natalizumab). The drugmakers have issued warnings to doctors because Tysabri is causing significant liver damage to some patients who take it. In some patients the damage occurred as early as six days after beginning the treatment. MSNBC.com : Multiple sclerosis drug linked to […]

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