Serendipitous discovery points to possible treatment for C. difficile epidemic

Old Mike

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Posted 9/16/2016 2:01 PM (GMT 0)

Something new and different.
Probably wont hit as a mainstream treatment for quite some time.
Old Mike

medicalxpress.com/news/2016-09-serendipitous-discovery-treatment-difficile-epidemic.html

Post Edited (Old Mike) : 9/16/2016 8:16:08 AM (GMT-6)

imagardener2

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Posted 9/16/2016 2:29 PM (GMT 0)

What a blessing this will be for many people, not just UC people.
The researcher K. Janda had a "personal interest" because he contracted C. dif himself and then started looking into better ways to treat. Cannot beat a scientist with a personal interest in finding a cure.

DBwithUC

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Posted 9/16/2016 6:02 PM (GMT 0)

these seem to be cousins to mesalamines. at least they trace back to the bark of the willow tree. I love that tree.

Poppie

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Posted 9/16/2016 8:38 PM (GMT 0)

That is good news!

Currently, what's on offer in the way of antibiotics it too unpredictable in my view, with C Difficile sometimes returning to wreak havoc on your body for the second time.

Also, I like that they found with lab-dish experiments that the salicylanilides had minimal impact on "good" gut bacteria. Let us hope that they can push forward with this as it is very much needed.

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