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An FDA Panel Is Deciding Life or Death For My Wife
Fox News ^ | 6/28/11 | Terry Kalley

Posted on 06/28/2011 1:59:51 PM PDT by markomalley

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To: freeangel
I will do that. The latest involved mice. They are "clones" for all practical purposes so they were able to grow a new retinal web from a stem cell and stick it in the eye ~ and detect electrical activity.

That was a quite astounding feat. We'd hope that it became commonly available particularly since I may well need one myself.

41 posted on 06/28/2011 6:31:29 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: HonestConservative

Who do you believe, lawyer and activist, Fran Visco or Dr. John Durant?

FRAN VISCO: High-dose chemotherapy with bone marrow transplants for breast cancer is not an effective therapy.

DR. JOHN DURANT: It’s way premature to say this strategy doesn’t work. I think the strategy will continue to be of interest as a means of improving survival.


42 posted on 06/28/2011 6:34:59 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: muawiyah

Thanks!


43 posted on 06/28/2011 6:48:51 PM PDT by sheana
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To: baa39

If anyone actually read my post....in the USA Avastin is around $100k per year. Who can afford that, even if it is cheaper in another country?


44 posted on 06/28/2011 6:56:32 PM PDT by sheana
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To: baa39

Agreed. Yes, we need to be able to get all the care we need here at home, I was just pointing out alternatives until we get Old Jugears out of office and rein in these agencies. You are correct though.


45 posted on 06/28/2011 7:24:59 PM PDT by Nowhere Man (General James Mattoon Scott, where are you when we need you? We need a regime change.)
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To: Nowhere Man

What’s ironic is the USA is the “medical tourism” destination for whenever some Saudi Prince or European billionaire needs a highly specialized super-expensive operation. Just recently one of those Arabs was here at one of our prestigious hospitals. They create a huge luxury suite for these guys, gourmet food, top medical staff and attention. And probably a few floors down is some little old lady on Medicare shivering in a cold room desperately pushing her call button to ask for a blanket.


46 posted on 06/28/2011 8:29:02 PM PDT by baa39 (If you can't take the heat, get out of FR.)
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To: humblegunner
its not the "arrogant medical profession"....its the pharmacutical companies...

there's big money in drugs....who gets their drug out on the market, who doesn't and plenty of payoffs inbetween...

know any drug reps?....if you did, you'd know that they live the high life without the study, the anxiety, the long hours of actually being a doctor....

47 posted on 06/29/2011 1:02:16 AM PDT by cherry
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To: muawiyah
The first time I had Chemo to treat my Leukemia, the IV went through the side wall of the Vein in my forearm. It happened about a minute after they started the drip.

Since I had never had Chemo before, I thought the sensation was just part of it, them I looked down and saw some discoloration next to the IV.

I called for the Nurse and she ran in there like nobody’s business, turned off the drip and got the needle out of my arm before I knew what was going on.

I'll assume that is the same 1% to 3% problem they have with the Avastin, which has more to do with the IV Setup than the drug be utilized for the treatment.

Unfortunately, taking a promising drug off the market only leads desperate people to seek out alternative treatments like going to Mexico for a magic Cancer Cure. It didn't work out for Steve McQueen did it?

Government only causes havoc while stifling innovation.

48 posted on 06/29/2011 1:34:53 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (If Sarah Palin was President, you would have a job by now.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Questionable is how all manner of studies are thrown in the hopper and a blanket conclusion drawn — rather than looking for reasons why some seemed to show good success and others had no results or negative results. It’s darn hard to control all the factors with a disease as slippery as cancer and with nursing expertise in administering a drug as intended varying widely.


49 posted on 06/29/2011 2:03:30 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: muawiyah
People close to us were part of that story ~ but in the end Avastin is NOT and cannot be a cure.

In the end, the HIV drug cocktail is not and cannot be a cure. Why stop one and not the other?

50 posted on 06/29/2011 7:06:24 AM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: HiTech RedNeck
My experience has varied. When I was diagnosed and had my first Chemo Treatments, most of my numbers jumped back up to normal and I was in full Remission for about three years.

When I fell out of Remission, I went back into Chemo using the same cocktail of Drugs with a slight variation on dosage. Although my numbers improved after that second treatment, I am still not where I was and most of my numbers are below normal levels.

No matter the treatment, no matter the Miracle Drug, it may work on some but not all. Unfortunately, there will always be an attitude that if the treatment is not 100% effective in 100% of Patients, the Government shouldn’t allow its use.

Kind of reminds me of the CSI syndrome that is prevalent on today's Trial Juries. Beyond a reasonable doubt has become must be proved with 100% certainty. If it's on a TV Show, it must be true. Instead of CSI it's House the miracle worker.

51 posted on 06/29/2011 10:05:21 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (If Sarah Palin was President, you would have a job by now.)
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To: kcvl

your kidding I hope.


52 posted on 06/29/2011 10:56:21 AM PDT by HonestConservative (http://www.freedomradiorocks.com)
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To: cherry

There are scientists who are working 80 hour weeks in those evil pharm companies and do it for 20 years.

Drug reps are the people you see in Drs. offices and NOT representative of 1/200th of what goes on in drug companies.


53 posted on 06/29/2011 10:59:52 AM PDT by HonestConservative (http://www.freedomradiorocks.com)
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To: HonestConservative
Well, actually I was being facetious.

I am a breast cancer survivor so nothing a stupid activist attorney says carries any weight in my world.

54 posted on 06/29/2011 11:05:10 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: kcvl

thank heavens.

Those that can’t do, sue.


55 posted on 06/29/2011 11:10:04 AM PDT by HonestConservative (http://www.freedomradiorocks.com)
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To: humblegunner

How can a profession be arrogant? You’re not thinking, yet again.

It’s non thinkers like you who scream for the all powerful, good hearted geniuses working in government bureaucracy to come save everyone from “arrogant” professions.


56 posted on 06/29/2011 6:41:16 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (Leftist ideology is an intellectual failure, proven by the fact that it must be kept hidden. Morons.)
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To: reasonisfaith

I’m sorry you’re unable to use your food stamps to buy a clue.


57 posted on 06/30/2011 4:44:17 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: markomalley
Pinged from Terri Dailies


58 posted on 07/03/2011 10:57:35 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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