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Posted 10/13/2023 7:21 PM (GMT 0)
Just saw this in my newsfeed. As usual, quite an expensive medication!
https:// https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-fda-approves-pfizers-inflammatory-bowel-disease-drug-2023-10-13/
Posted 10/14/2023 12:16 PM (GMT 0)
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-fda-approves-pfizers-inflammatory-bowel-disease-drug-2023-10-13/

I think this link will work - the site is injecting some additional https in front of the url and breaking the link.

Have they done any of the planed upgrades to this site yet?
Posted 10/14/2023 2:06 PM (GMT 0)
Aah so same family as zeposia. I wish we had some forum members on zeposia, don't recall seeing a progress update from anyone who tried it
Posted 10/14/2023 2:50 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, Mom2 and Keith, the link is currently working. (Velsipity, eh?) / Old Hat (40+ yrs with left-sided UC; in remission taking Colazal)
Posted 10/15/2023 3:42 AM (GMT 0)
Mom2, I noticed you are on dairy and gluten free. Do you feel like that is helping you?
I have been going back-and-forth with dairy. And I stopped gluten several weeks ago.
Posted 10/16/2023 7:46 PM (GMT 0)
I went GF in 2013 and kept that diet going except once in 2016 when I was on vacation and ate whatever. I ended up feeling so miserable from that I haven't eaten gluten since. So yes, I do think going GF has improved my digestion and overall health. The dairy story is a little bit different. I have avoided dairy most of my life. I do sometimes eat yogurt and cultured butter without too much trouble, but that's about it. If I am out and the only GF options have dairy I will still eat them because it is the lesser of two evils for me. Dairy and I have never really been friends!
Posted 10/21/2023 10:40 AM (GMT 0)
Very interesting. I googled it more about it and it says that 2/3rds of patients in the trial had never taken biologics or jaks. I am curious how well the other 3rd did on it. 1 pill a day sounds like a dream. Thanks for sharing this!
Posted 10/23/2023 2:03 AM (GMT 0)
I know, right! I would love 1 pill a day, I take 9 colazal pills plus 2 Aza every day.
Posted 10/23/2023 9:20 PM (GMT 0)
I take one shot every 28 days, I kinda like it. I think it’s been like this for 6 or 7 years.
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