Posted on 06/15/2022 9:08:52 AM PDT by Red Badger
The FDA has followed highly promising results from trials demonstrating the hair regrowth potential of a common arthritis drug with a landmark approval, giving baricitinib the green light as a treatment for severe alopecia areata. The move makes the drug the first ever FDA-approved drug for systemic treatment of the disease, and will take the form of a daily pill that proved hugely promising in recent Phase 3 trials.
Baricitinib is a drug originally developed to treat rheumatoid arthritis, and recently began to attract interest from scientists researching treatments for another autoimmune disorder in the form of alopecia areata. This condition affects more than 300,000 people in the US every year, and causes patchy hair loss through immune system attacks on the hair follicles. Prior to today, there were no FDA-approved treatments for the condition.
Scientists began to investigate baricitinib's potential to tackle alopecia areata based on the idea that it could interrupt the signaling pathways that harm hair follicles. Results published in March from Phase 3 trials involving around 1,200 people with the condition showed that around one third of them were able to regrow their hair by taking four-milligram pills of baricitinib each day. Two-milligram doses, meanwhile, also brought improvements in scalp hair coverage in almost a fifth of patients.
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Hey Joe.
Not the song.
“The years passed, mankind became stupider at a frightening rate. Some had high hopes the genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution, but sadly the greatest minds and resources were focused on conquering hair loss and prolonging erections” - Idiocracy
Well. Will Smith can’t be slappin anyone now that G.I. Jada can grow hair.
Prescient....................
repurposed drug...must be demonized...
does Jada know?
Fyi....baricitinib recently approved for patients who have severe respiratory symptoms secondary to covid 19 infection.
Was also being used for rheum. arthritis, graft vs. host disease, and some inflammatory disorders.
Sorta,like a super duper hydroxychloroquine? Obviously, extreme inflammatory reaction to covid 19 is what may be greatly impacting survival in those infected.
She knew before the slap because apparently she has some kind of deal with the drug company that makes this drug.
When Chuck Norris tells a joke about Will Smith’s wife, Smith slaps himself.
ah, so.
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