There must have been
some initial large investment of money for these 2 doctors who I call
“icebreakers” because they’ve started much earlier than the complete medical
environment to treat using a TNF-alpha medication (Etanercept or Enbrel) to
tre
Normally whenever
someone starts doing something new with success there’s a number of “followers”
filing right behind the innovators or icebreakers, but this is the case that
makes the complete exception, I can’t believe that it’s just a matter of the
money needed for the initial investment, that can be made again by treating the
first few patients, given that the basic ingredient is pretty inexpensive and
not much of it, is really needed.
The sad result of this
exception is that I’m going to have to wait for the “potential” future approval
of the use of Enbrel for TBI by the FDA that only someone else – other than
Amgen/Pfizer – will fund for the medical testing (trial) and approval.
These two
“icebreakers” are geniuses for having been able to see and forecast the payoff
of their investment or maybe they really took very seriously their Hippocratic
Oath of dedication to the improvement of their patients’ conditions.
Again it’s very
possible that my complete ignorance of the “guess-science” is making me see
this case in a very twisted way, but I still I cannot figure out a reason why
none of my doctors hasn’t at least accepted my begging to at least “try” it,
especially given that all they keep doing all day long with all of their
patients is to “try” to prescribe something that nobody ever knows if it’ll
work for them/their conditions.
As I’ve been writing
here for months I’m left only with the wish/hope that at next year’s worldwide
neurological convention there will be agreement among all these scientists of
guessing that using Enbrel can truly help the neurological recovery of an
injured brain. Only 5 more months…..
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