Archives for the 'Crohn's Treatments' Category
What if your body reacts to Remicade?
Yeap, that is actually possible. How do I know? Because the last time I was in the chair getting my shot, they started me up very slow (as they always do).
Slowly they kept increasing me, little by little - I was completely out of it (in and out of sleep and watching those little hospital […]
Remicade Has Treated 770,000 Patients World-Wide
WOW - This figure just in from a recent article I read. Remicade, a drug being used now to treat moderate to serious Crohn’s patients (including yours truly), was originally developed to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
This article explains that Remicade has now officially received an extention by the FDA based on promising studies done agaist placebos.
In […]
Getting Rid of Prednisone “Fat”
“Moon Face” is a very common side-effect of taking prednisone. It basically refers to the “weight gain” a patient incurs while on Prednisone.
Most of this is just water retention. Your body retains more water while you’re on Prednisone so that is what creates the bloated body.
By the way, most have noticed that the increase in […]
New Drug To Fight Fistulas…
“Ocera Therapeutics specializes in the development and commercialization of new drugs for gastrointestinal and liver diseases.
The company’s current product, AST-120, is a new treatment for use in fighting the formation of fistulas in Crohn’s disease, a form of inflammatory bowel syndrome that afflicts more than 500,000 people in this country. Fistulas are abnormal passages that […]
A New ‘Remicade-Like’ Treatment For Crohn’s?
ABC 7 News recently reported on a new treatment for Crohn’s Disease, a drug called, CNI-1493. This drug also blocks the TNF agents (like Remicade), but doctors are claiming that it is safer.
Of course, it’s still in “testing,” but initial results are looking promising!
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Quote From ABCLocal.go.com
Dr. Alan Buchman: “The idea is we can block this […]
New Drug, Cimzia Maintains Remission in Crohn’s Disease…
A new drug seems to be making way as a treatment for moderate to severe Crohn’s Disease…
“The results were presented today at Digestive Disease Week 2006 (DDW). Results from PRECiSE 2 showed that 60.6% of patients who achieved disease remission during the four-week induction treatment with Cimzia, also remained in remission at six months while […]
More “hoopla” over Humira
Humira drug maker, Abbott continues to say that Humira is proving effective in Crohn’s patients. Considering that it is a close relative to Remicade, I suppose that would make sense.
“Of 172 patients treated with Humira every other week, 40 percent were in clinical remission at week 26, and 36 percent were in remission at week […]
Remicade linked to even more cancers…
A recent study conducted by the Mayo clinic revealed that a patint on Remicade may be 3 times more likely to developing cancer than someone who is not.
Of course the study is being argued as flawed by the makers of Remicade.
Initially, drug labels did warn against lymphoma, and infections such as tuberculosis and pneumonia. However, […]
Do you need ZINC supplements?
According to an article placed on LiveArticle.org, Crohn’s Disease patients may need Zinc supplements:
“Zinc supplementation is used to treat those with recent burn injuries; those suffering from Crohn’s disease…”
But BE CAREFUL, because not everyone needs the zinc - you need to have your doctors check for you. Because high levels of ZINC can also become […]
Recommend Treatments For Fistulas In Crohn’s Disease
[[ Taken from MedicalNewsToday.com ]]
“Fistulas are common in Crohn’s disease and occur in the perianal region or are internal, between intestinal structures or between the intestine and other organs such as the bladder or the abdominal wall. This article, published in the journal “Digestion”, presents treatments and their outcome.”
In this article, the author discusses the […]
