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New drug cancer treatment pill cures alopecia
http://metro.co.uk/2014/08/17/baldness-pill-to-cure-alopecia-4836169/
I thought people might like to look at this a Very encouraging read, headlines hitting the news of a cancer treatment pill that's so far cured Alopecia Totalis in 3 trials so far. Who said there wasn't a cure for Alopecia welcome to new medicine!
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Permalink Reply by dreamscometrue on
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http://healthyliving.msn.com/health-wellness/skin/early-research-wi...
If it can cure the same cells in areata I'm positive it can do the same for Universalis and Totalis as well. Same mechanism that causes it the same treatment should get the same result. Also I imagine strengthening your immune system with things like Beta-Glucans would assist as well. They are still in the testing phase as this drug is normally used to treat cancer patients. I would research how the drug is used in cancer patients to see the contradictions in otherwise healthy people in alopecia patients.
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Permalink Reply by Lori-akaMimi on
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I, too, read this - and was very encouraged. I think the most exciting facet of this is that this Columbia University team was able to identify the cells responsible for destroying hair follicles in alopecia areata. That's a HUGE breakthrough! The clinical trial was only three patients - but all had amazing results with the drug (ruxolitinib), which is an FDA approved cancer drug used for the treatment of myelofribrosis (bone marrow).
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Here's what NAAF had to say about it: http://www.naaf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_intro
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I was supposed to be in that clinical trial but hurricane Sandy hit me hard and damaged my roof so I was unable to participate. I was very upset bc so many things were happening around that time that prevented me from getting down there for the clinical trial
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Permalink Reply by Karen Smith on
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Thank you so much for posting this. It is very encouraging.
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To me, going in the bone marrow makes plenty of sense to cure AA AU AT. I guess now being that this drug may be aggressive for cancer patients, how would that affect the immune system of AA AU and AT patients in the long haul?? I think understanding the drug mechanism in the bone marrow and blood system may help speculate what it will do in an otherwise healthy patient in the long run or even if the drug has to be taken long term or for life. But any hope is better than no hope at all. I always prefer to err on the positive side. If anything at all is possible than it can be.
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Permalink Reply by tim75 on
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http://news.yahoo.com/drug-could-regrow-hair-hair-loss-221955737.html
No serious side effects detected in the trial participants thus far. It does require continual maintenance, daily pills.
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Permalink Reply by Taz on
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Your welcome it's always nice to know doctors and dermatologists are working on looking for a cure our conditions. I only think it's only a matter of time as Alopecia becomes more and more unstood that a very effective medicine will be available! All so encouraging.
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Permalink Reply by chris for hair on
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Are you kidding!!?? Drugs that kill cancer also destroy the immune system and encourage future cancers to take over the body. I would much rather suffer hair loss than cancer and would never use an anti cancer drug unless it was proven to kill a specific cancer that I was certain I had. I certainly would not use one to effect my hair loss situation. Having experienced and worked with many cancer patients and investigated thoroughly how the medical community treats cancer, trying something that MAY grow hair but kills cancer is out of the question. I think it is totally irresponsible to post this. Sorry...
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Yes, any progress is important to know about, I agree. I think my issue comes from having lived through several clinical trials and learning years later that serious issues that were not discussed at the time have now been brought up. Also knowing that as a society we place our trust in the medical community and often it is misplaced. For example I recently learned that they (the medical community) now acknowledge that they have little or no idea about which chemo drugs actually affect breast cancer. After so many women have died because the drugs they did take lowered their immunity and allowed other cancers proliferate. I think we jump too fast into thinking everything can and should be fixed. Sometimes the body will fix itself if left alone, but by insisting on a treatment we cause bigger issues.
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Hi Chris, I appreciate your reply however I don't think it's an irresponsible thing to post this Article because I think it is important to be made aware of these developments that are being researched for Alopecia. The drug is not available yet it may ever be available if it creates serious side effects on the other hand who is to say that they won't create a mild form of the drug or one with a lower dosage? Through these new findings could there be a possibility of creating a topical version of the drug with no side effects at all? Either way it's important to post information like this to keep people Aware of the research and success they are making. Irresponsible? No relevant? Yes.
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From what most of these articles are saying about this drug is that it's already in use for cancer patients, so it is available for that use only for now. The issue is some drugs can be used for multiple benefits for other diseases/disorders nit initially indicated so I imagine that's why further testing and FDA approval for this particular use is needed. I agree knowledge is power and any information is good whether it be for the benefit or not. At the very least you're informed.
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