Any one heard of this? Sounds interesting.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Approved by US FDA: Pfizer’s Xeljanz Pill (Tofacitinib)
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Just read this article. Some good info. Don't know if it is available. In the UK.
yeah someone else did a blog on the this ,, its a new biological treatment but in tablet form ,, express.co.uk/posts/view/33...
Wonder if it will be able to help people of advanced age (like me)
if so just hope it appears before I get to a point of no return.
I tend not to think of age then something happens which pulls me
up with a jolt, like looking in the mirror!!!!
Please don't get your hopes up about this drug....NICE will never approve it .
I looked it up and the price is very high - I forget if it was £'s or $'s- but the numbers were 2500 a month!! I spoke to a friend in USA and she said her insurance plan would not even discuss it.
I believe that there are trials on the oral forms of the anti-tnfs going on in the UK right now. Not sure which diseases specifically, but its definitely known about. Yes, they may be expensive, but so are the injectable forms. Its just a matter of time before they come off the trials and onto the more open market, which would be the point at which NICE would be looking at it.
Just remember too that its not that long ago that enbrel and humira were first put out. Things are changing rapidly in the treatment of inflammatory arthritis.
Yes, we here in the US have been waiting for this! It will be especially helpful for those who have very poor veins who have been on one of the IV therapies, like Remicade. Need to know more, though. Like, is there an increased risk of stomach and intestinal irritation ? Is it just as effective as the injectable and IV therapies? Since we know that drugs like Methotrexate are more efficient in injectable form compared to the oral tablets, I wonder about the over-all efficiency. Also, where in the US have these trials taken place?
