Has anyone heard about or been treated with Amevive?

Hi. I am new here but I was wondering if anyone had heard of Amevive? My dermatologist mentioned it to me about 6 months ago and was trying to see if my insurance might cover at least some of the expense since it is really expensive. I guess it is supposed to help with psoriasis but one of the side effects was that it helped with AA.
Here is a link that tells more about the research and (I think) an up and coming trial- http://www.hairlosstalk.com/hair-loss-news/Article214.php.
I would really like to hear of anyone's experience with this drug or even what your thoughts about the drug are.
Thanks :)

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Permalink Reply by BaldGirlsDoLunch.org on March 7, 2009 at 7:17pm
Hi Yuko-

The link you have posted is way out of date. That trial is long ago concluded and I have reported the published results in my blog here: at BaldGirlsDoLunch.org. See the blog posting of December 26, 2008.


that Amevive ( alefacept) when tested against a placebo did not have a positive benefit for patients with alopecia areata.

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baldgirlsdolunch.org.......where the research updates are the most up to date ....including the very latest on the now aborted recruitment of patients with severe alopecia for a Raptiva study at Northwestern.
Permalink Reply by Yuko on March 10, 2009 at 10:13pm
Ugh. How frustrating. My dermatologist was so adamant it might work. Of course, he doesn't have alopecia :p
I will definitely look up the website. Thanks so much for the reply.
Yuko

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