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Arthritis Drug a Future Diabetes Medication?

Monday, August 15th, 2011

Arthritis or Diabetes?

A collaborative group of researchers including the American Diabetes Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation has been testing the medication abatacept (CTLA4 immunoglobin fusion protein) as a possible treatment for type 1 diabetes. Abatacept, better known by its brand name Orencia, is FDA approved to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. 

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which T-cells in the body’s immune system mistakenly attack the insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas. With the pancreas producing little or no insulin, type 1 diabetics must rely on insulin injections to regulate their blood sugar levels. Those type 1 diabetes who continue to produce some insulin have an easier time keeping their blood sugar in the normal range, and have less risk of diabetes complications.
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What You Need to Know About Gout Medication

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

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“Not only is gout is one of the most painful types of arthritis, it can disfigure and damage joints if left untreated. Here’s what you need to know to make sure you are taking the best gout medications.”

Gout medication falls into two categories – drugs to relieve the pain and inflammation of an attack, and preventive gout medicine to ward off future attacks and avoid complications.
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Big Mountain Drugs Helps Victims of Shocking Gout Drug Price Hike

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

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After URL Pharma won the exclusive rights to market the gout medication colchicine, over twenty other American pharmaceutical companies were ordered to stop manufacturing it. The price soared from nine cents a pill to almost $5, and Canadian pharmacies rushed to persuade American gout sufferers to buy colchicine from Canada.

Concerned that older drugs that have been in use since before the inception of a stringent approval process in the 1960′s may not meet current standards for safety, effectiveness, quality and labeling, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the Unapproved Drug Initiative in 2006.

Under this initiative, the consumer protection agency ordered pharmaceutical companies manufacturing unapproved drugs to either undergo rigorous and expensive clinical trials to obtain approval for the drugs, or to remove them from the market. In return, those companies winning approval would be given exclusive market rights for a time period, to allow them to recoup their investment.
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Why are Gout Sufferers Paying So Much More for Colchicine?

Friday, July 1st, 2011

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When the American pharmaceutical company URL Pharma acquired the exclusive rights to manufacture a common gout drug that numerous other companies had been making for years, the price soared from 10¢ a pill to $5 a pill. What’s going on here?

Prescription colchicine is a pain reliever and anti-inflammatory derived from a crocus plant that has been in use since the 1800s. It’s primarily prescribed to treat gout, a painful form of arthritis, but is also an effective treatment for familial Mediterranean fever.

Over twenty different US pharmaceutical companies were manufacturing generic colchicine up until 2010. That’s when the FDA ordered them to stop manufacturing the gout drug within 45 days, and to stop shipping it within 90 days.
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Generic Colchicine – First Choice of People Suffering From Gout Until a Cure Appears

Monday, May 30th, 2011

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It is common to see patients suffering from gout struggling with swollen and stiff joints, but the worst condition is the pain associated with it, which is why generic Colchicine is very useful in effectively alleviating it. In Canada itself, around 3% of the adult population is said to be affected by drought, out of which men are four times more likely to get it than women.

Gout is very similar to arthritis and is caused by increased levels of uric acid in the body. The condition usually happens when all the uric acid is not removed by the kidneys, and it starts accumulating in the body. Starting with the big toe, it can affect the wrist, ankles, knees, and other joints. Once gout sets in, pain can persist for days or even weeks in spurts, after which patients will not experience pain for a long time.
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Colchicine Effectively Cures FMF and Gout

Monday, March 14th, 2011

When gout is likely to affect 1% or the entire Western population, a drug like Colchicine becomes very useful in suppressing severe inflammation caused by it. The exact effect may not be known, but it reduces uric acid crystallization thereby effectively bringing down the inflammation.

Approximately 5 million US citizens already suffer from gout. In acute conditions, people suffer from frequent attacks of acute inflammatory arthritis where the joints get tender and swell up. High uric acid levels in the blood crystallize and form deposits mainly in the joints. Canada drugs provide a cheap and effective solution to reverse the condition. (more…)

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