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    Zinbryta pulled from market World Wide

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    Please read the information in the link for more detail. Apparently Daclizumab (Zinbryta) has been found to cause encephalitis and meningitis and like infections and has been pulled voluntarily World Wide from the MS Treatment arena.

    #2
    Thank you. Such terrible news for people affected by this side effect.

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      #3
      Bad news. Just glad it was no more widely used than it was. If it had been there would be SO many people effected.
      Virginia

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        #4
        Thank you for posting this, Cherie.

        Things weren't looking good for Zinbryta last July.

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        A terrible shame for those who've been taking Zinbryta.
        Last edited by agate; 03-02-2018, 12:43 PM.
        SPMS diagnosed 1980. Avonex 2001-2004. Copaxone 2006-2009. Glatopa (glatiramer acetate = Copaxone) 12/20 - 3/19/24.

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          #5
          CNN has a story about it too:

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          SPMS diagnosed 1980. Avonex 2001-2004. Copaxone 2006-2009. Glatopa (glatiramer acetate = Copaxone) 12/20 - 3/19/24.

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            #6
            This editorial in The Lancet (March 17), "End of the road for daclizumab in multiple sclerosis," mentions the rapid development of MS drugs over the last 10 years, pointing out that to survive in this competitive atmosphere, a drug needs to have a very favorable profile:

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            SPMS diagnosed 1980. Avonex 2001-2004. Copaxone 2006-2009. Glatopa (glatiramer acetate = Copaxone) 12/20 - 3/19/24.

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              #7
              I don't think I have talked to a single individual who was taking this medication who was happy with it.

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