polyneuropathy

• “The drug treats a progressively fatal neurodegenerative condition, transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy, that is currently treated by liver transplant.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Pfizer Sells Capsugel Unit to KKR for $2.38 Billion

• “Predictors of alpha-lipoic acid treatment efficacy in diabetic polyneuropathy of the lower limbs.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Autoimmune Epidemic

• “If such a plan succeeded, one could theoretically repair the damaged nerves in MS, transverse myelitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis—all neurological autoimmune diseases in which the myelin sheaths and axonal nerves are compromised.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Autoimmune Epidemic

• “Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy CIDP”

  Simon & Schuster: The Autoimmune Epidemic

• “-- An increased risk of polyneuropathy (nerve damage that causes pain in the hands and feet and trouble walking) -- Dizziness”

  The Huffington Post: The Cholesterol Myth That Could Be Harming Your Health

• “FoldRx's drug treats a disease called TTR amyloid polyneuropathy and has orphan-drug status designed to encourage drugmakers to develop treatments for rare diseases in the U.S. and European Union, as well as fast-track designation in the U.S. Geno Germano, head of Pfizer's specialty-care business, said the acquisition will add to its growing portfolio of investigational drugs for orphan and rare diseases and complement research in the specialty-care unit's neuroscience disease area.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Pfizer Agrees to Acquire Drug Developer FoldRx

• “Depending on which hospital, my recent dx's have been RSD, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, chronic pain syndrome w/ myalgias & arthralgias or progressive polyneuropathy / w/ allodynia & parasthesias.”

  Teens talk of prescription drug abuse

• “Look at "Nervous Systems" which reads "Encephalitis; encephalopathy; measles inclusion body encephalitis (MIBE) (see CONTRAINDICATIONS); subacute scloerosing panencephalitis (SSPE); Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS); febrile convulsions; afebrile convulsions or seizures; ataxia; polyneuritis; polyneuropathy; ocular palsies; paresthesia.”

  On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...

• “Nor does it help that fourteen pork slaughterhouse workers from Indiana and Minnesota developed a mysterious illness first believed to be chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in December and January from working with air-compression systems that "blow brains out of pig heads during processing" according to the Star Tribune.”

  Is Gourmet Slaughter by Chefs the Solution to Factory Farm Abuses?

• “A recent study led by researchers from Denmark and Spain concluded that "long-term exposure to statins may substantially increase the risk of polyneuropathy.”

  Newsweek: Mail Call: Evaluating Statins

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