http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21065-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-eased-by-cancer-drug.html
I read this today and felt hopeful. When you have severe enough M.E. that you have to give up most your activities, something like this can inspire hope.
On the other hand, how many times in 10 years have I gotten my hopes up only to have the promised treatment, drug, diagnostic test, diet, supplement, protocol, etc. not work out? The answer: every single time.
The good thing I see with this study, is while it's a small one, it was a double blinded study - meaning that neither the patients or doctors knew which treatment the patients were on. In otherwords, the positive effects for 67% were no accident.
Also, the drug is already an approved drug - albeit one approved for lymphoma.
Interestingly, it took quite a while (at least 3mo or longer for most) to see any improvement.
Fingers crossed
Wow, this does sound hopeful! But you're right - it's hard to get too excited. The truth is that the scientific process is a lengthy one, filled with dead ends and false starts. At least there is solid, helpful research like this going on now - SOMEthing will have to pan out sooner or later!! (hopefully sooner).
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It sounds promising....lets hope it will get more researchers on board..nothing like a medication to get pharma involved!!!
ReplyDeleteI have my fingers crossed too :)
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