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First peanut allergy drug approved in the US:
The US has approved its first treatment for peanut allergies in children.
The drug AR101, or Palforzia, uses oral immunotherapy, with children given tiny but increasing amounts of peanut protein over a six-month period under medical supervision.
After that, users must continue to take a daily dose to be able to tolerate accidental exposure.
The treatment is not a cure and makers warn that the risk of a potentially fatal anaphylactic reaction remains.
And patients must continue to avoid peanuts in their diet.
[...] Palforzia, which has been approved for use in patients aged between four and 17, comes in the form of a powder which is sprinkled on food.
Last year, scientists at King's College London said that oral immunotherapy offered "protection but not a cure" for peanut allergies, with treatment only effective while patients continued taking small amounts of the allergen.
Additional Details: BusinessWire
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 05 2020, @04:07PM (1 child)
"Darwin says "Peanuts are GooD!""
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 05 2020, @04:11PM
buy "darwin fonds" now! it's a basket of stocks that people trying to survive with money only invest in! trophy wife or husband (*) included
smallest font possible:(*) some minor genetic damage to be expected.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by paul_engr on Wednesday February 05 2020, @04:15PM (8 children)
It's not a drug. It's fucking peanuts with a titrated dose.
Shame on the idiots who are calling this a drug and are letting these assholes charge more than $5 for it.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Wednesday February 05 2020, @04:39PM (4 children)
You might want to consult a dictionary. It says "a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body."
Carbon, The only element in the known universe to ever gain sentience
(Score: 4, Funny) by ikanreed on Wednesday February 05 2020, @05:12PM (3 children)
Ham sandwich status: drug.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday February 05 2020, @06:12PM (2 children)
Willow bark tea: drug
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 05 2020, @09:58PM (1 child)
Fox News: drug
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday February 05 2020, @11:18PM
That one's a goddamn Schedule 1 narcotic!
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Wednesday February 05 2020, @04:58PM
Sadly, most of the $5 probably goes to liability insurance.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by shortscreen on Wednesday February 05 2020, @06:23PM (1 child)
And according to TFS it has to be taken every day indefinitely, does not allow for eating peanuts, and does not remove the risk of dying suddenly from anaphylactic shock.
But if you collect 25 box tops you can send them in for a 2018 calendar.
(Score: 1) by slashnot on Wednesday February 05 2020, @08:37PM
I was thinking the same thing. This is another example of a greedy drug company coming up with a way to make people feel dependent on spending $xxx per month, with very little to show for it.
(Score: 2) by Mojibake Tengu on Wednesday February 05 2020, @06:37PM (3 children)
If it does not really prevent fatality, what's good for besides a business value?
I remember a girl, she died at age 20 because of exposition to hazelnuts, not peanuts. It happened over the way of a hospital emergency, but the emergency doctor in service was a dentist that night, and he did not know how to save her.
Her name was Petra.
The edge of 太玄 cannot be defined, for it is beyond every aspect of design
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 06 2020, @01:00AM
What shithole country staffs the ER with dentists?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 06 2020, @07:00PM (1 child)
Do you have a credible source to site this (or personally witnessed)? This sounds like a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend type story.
1) I'm skeptical of staffing an emergency room with a dentist. A DDS is not an MD. They have some crossover (I'd rather a DDS operate on me than an average Ph.D.), but not that much.
2) I doubt the emergency room has only one medical professional.
3) If a medical professional saw somebody's throat constricting to choke the airway, giving some adrenaline or other anti-inflammatory as a "Oh ****, panic!" reaction should be reasonable if they have no idea of anything else to do.
Now if everything you said is true, it is tragic. I feel bad for the family, and the dentist in question.
(Score: 2) by Mojibake Tengu on Friday February 07 2020, @06:00PM
I knew very well her parents. She was with her boyfriend when that happened.
The edge of 太玄 cannot be defined, for it is beyond every aspect of design
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 05 2020, @06:42PM
May contain traces of nuts.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday February 05 2020, @06:56PM (5 children)
You know what else works for peanut allergies? Eating peanut products while you're pregnant and nursing so they don't have them in the first place.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 05 2020, @07:35PM
But... Anti-Vaxers don't eat peanuts. We should send them all to China.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 05 2020, @10:00PM (2 children)
Got a source on that one? Or just a folk remedy that may or may not be effective?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 06 2020, @12:04PM
A study was done of Ashkenazi (i.e., European) Jews living in the UK versus Ashkenazi Jews living in Israel. The genetics of the populations were thus similar. However, peanut allergies were relatively high in the UK and nonexistent in Israel. In Israel, everybody eats peanuts from a young age. In the UK, parents don't give their kids peanuts for the first few years of life lest they "develop a peanut allergy." Oops, looks like that medical advice was WRONG.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday February 09 2020, @11:25AM
No idea where I read it originally but it's easy as hell to find [medicalnewstoday.com] on [time.com] Google [sciencedaily.com].
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Sunday February 09 2020, @05:14AM
My milkshake bring all the boys to my ... peanut butter blizzard dispensers ?
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday February 05 2020, @09:03PM
I can prevent you from dying if you give me a million dollars...but you must avoid dying for it to work.
Make me RICH!
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