New drugs for Crohn's disease?

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Kellie - 29 Oct 2004 21:59 GMT

Hi!

I have had crohn's since I was 16 and now being 30 was wondering about
any new treatments for this. Does anyone know what's new if anything?

I have heard of Rifabutin, Clarithromycin (Biaxin) and Clofazimine.
Has anyone else and if so, what kind of results have you had?

Thanks so much!

Kellie

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Robert - 30 Oct 2004 03:16 GMT

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> Kellie

Maybe they mean this.

Antegren could ease the suffering of thousands afflicted with the painful
condition after trials in the U.S. showed half of test patients were back to
health after just one year of taking the drug.

Dr Miles Parkes, of the National Association for Colitis and Crohn's
disease. More than half of patients stayed well at the end of a year and it
was well tolerated, with no significant side effects.' The drug works by
blocking white cells moving into the gut where they trigger inflammation, he
said.

http://www.healthfinder.gov/news/newsstory.asp?docID=519056

and this
Remicade (infliximab) is a genetically engineered antibody that blocks
inflammation caused by a protein called tumor necrosis factor.

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1999/599_crohn.html

Those evil pharm companies are always finding new meds in which to make
money ;-)

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elcabooso@earthlink.com - 08 Jan 2005 20:20 GMT

My wife, Ann, was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease for 15 years. She
suffered greatly and her activities were severely limited by the
disease. She could not go out for dinner, go shopping, visit her
children's homes, or go to a movie or any other activity away from
home for more than a few minutes. The disease progressed to a life
threatening condition requiring hospitalization and surgery to remove
the diseased portions of the lower intestine. Prednisone was
prescribed, causing weight gain and mood alteration. Imodium was used
in attempt to control the diarrhea. They only had minimal effect. We
feared she would require more drastic surgery.

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and www.autoimmune.biz

Sincerely,

Jack

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gmp@adres.nl - 09 Jan 2005 09:57 GMT

Dr. Bernhard Bihari has been using low dose naltrexone off label to
treat various diseases, and has had good success against Crohn's.
http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/

"As of September 2002, Dr. Bihari was following eight patients with
Crohn's Disease on LDN. In all eight cases, within 14-21 days the signs
and symptoms of disease activity stopped. All eight had remained stable
since anywhere from 2 months to 36 months."
http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/ldn_and_ai.htm
--Hua Kul
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http://www.lowdosenaltrexone.org/

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TC - 10 Jan 2005 21:57 GMT

> Dr. Bernhard Bihari has been using low dose naltrexone off label to
> treat various diseases, and has had good success against Crohn's.
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0969276818/qid=1105394111/sr=2-2/ref=pd_k
a_b_2_2/002-6864031-7290407

Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet
by Elaine Gloria Gottschall

TC

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Advocate147 - 28 Jan 2005 23:43 GMT

The drugs for crohns by Dr. Bernhard Bihari are not as important as to
recognize the cause of crohns. It is a simple fact that a mind/body
connection causes one person on a stimulant to give crohns or UC to another.
Strange as it sounds, this is the ONLY cause of crohns, a manmade illness. No
one realizes what is taking place. The harm being done whether the persons are
in the same room or miles apart.
Read the layman's theory of its cause on website
http://scc.healingwell.com/info/gailfaq.htm
It will continue to increase to the proportion of stimulants used, mainly
anti-depressants being the biggest route to crohns.
And George Bush wants to expand the drugs used for mental conditions that not
many have, but are invented in his stupid estimation where everyone will be
exposed to stimulants even more than at present.
His brother Marvin lost his colon to crohns, still the debate goes on, with no
medical person willing to acknowledge the mysterious cause that edudes not only
the researchers, but the pharmaceutical cos. so anxious to have everyone take
an anti-depressant.
Time to back off.
Other drugs that will cause crohns are Xanax, Buspar, Depakote, Flexeril,
natural herbs that have natural stimulants, kava kava, st johns wort, etc. etc.
etc.
If you have a depression for no reason, a non-organic condition that does not
follow the pattern of known illnesses and can't be easily diagnosed, think
STIMULANTS AND CROHNS.

Gail Michael

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