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Xeljanz (Tofacitinib Citrate): My experience on the trial
I have received a lot of interest from others on here in my involvement with the Xeljanz trials at Yale.
I thought it would be nice for everyone if I documented my progress on here.
Xeljanz is a Jak3 inhibitor and is believed to work with alopecia by turning off the distress signal relayed by the hair follicle to the attacking immune system which is the cause of the hairs falling out. Xeljanz comes in a strength of 5mg per pill and a full box contains 60 tablets. The recommended dosage for arthritis is 1 tablet in the morning and another in the evening each day.
The trial is set in a series of stages and there are requirements before participating. These include monthly visits and blood tests every 2 weeks. Dr Brett King is absolutely fantastic and is an inspiration to me. His positivity and enthusiasm gives me the much needed hope I have craved for over a decade. I have been put on a low dose to start with which is 1 tablet every other day. My dosage has now been increased to 1 tablet every day and next month it could be increased to 2 tablets per day depending on the results.
I have completed my first month and have already noticed my alopecia has stabilised . I have not lost any existing hairs. In addition to this I have seen little hairs growing in my chest area as well as eyebrows. Fingers crossed! To date, I have experienced no side effects.
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Permalink Reply by Knightsfan212 on
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If you click on the link I posted with my comments, youll see that pfizer is the company conducting the trials for these two new JAK Inhibitors. Also this is a link to Pfizers pipeline as of Jan. 31, 2017. If youll scroll down to page 6 in the link under the category inflammation and immunology, you will see the JAK inhibitors they are investigating in the trial link I posted are in their new medication pipeline.
http://www.pfizer.com/sites/default/files/product-pipeline/013117-P...
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Thank you so much. Great news
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Finally there are quite a lot of studies that are in phase 2. or even in phase 3. we will have to be patient again some years hoping that a drug 100% effective finally come to cure us.
And if as a bonus they manage to make sure that this is not a lifetime treatment it would be good.
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Hi Fab. Given that the studies for alopecia are in phase 2. Can one predict an estimate number of years when cure will be out there?
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Hi everyone
I have a question very important for all
Is there any difference between Xeljanz(Turkey and xeljanz(US
A lot of people concern about that question
I would like all answer and any body have information
Thank you all
Sultan
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No. They are both made under license by Pfizer, there is a Pfizer factory in Turkey. The only difference is packaging and price
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nobody understands what you are saying
go see a doctor and get a script to get xeljanz.
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