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Re: Autoimune Disease

Posted By: Louis Leonowens
Date: Friday, April 21 2006, at 5:59 p.m.

In Response To: Autoimune Disease (Dave)

> An autoimune disease is one in which your own imune > system attacks your body. This is usually a result of > your imune system thinking that some part of your body > is not actually a part of your body. > For example, reumatoid arthritus is an autoimune > disease in which the imune system attacks certain > joints in the body causing the tissue surrounding them > to become inflamed. The inflammation is primarily the > source of the pain. > Because autoimunity is such a difficult thing to > treat, there are a huge variety of different > treatments used. Some treatments are just aimed at > treating the symptoms of the disease, while others may > actually try to inhibit the imune system. Inhibiting > the imune system is tricky though because you still > want the body to be able to fight off anything that's > not supposed to be in there. Ideally, you can just > inhibit the specific antibody that's causing the > problem. I have cholesterol plaque build-up in oarteries.Crestor and plaix were prescribed.Ten days after starting daily doses(crestor 20 mg.) my liver lab exam showed severe impairment.Hoospitalization was necessary and suspension of all drugs was necessary.However,gama gltymil transferasa(GGT) 10 days after drug suspension has a reading of 368.Due to a thrombosis 4 years ago,I take 5mg. of coumadin daily. MY doctor prefer that I not start with another sttin until the liver tests show more normal readings. Any suggestions will be received with thanks

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Autoimune Disease
Dave -- Thursday, October 13 2005, at 5:19 p.m.

Re: Autoimune Disease
Louis Leonowens -- Friday, April 21 2006, at 5:59 p.m.

 

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Message: > I have cholesterol plaque build-up in > oarteries.Crestor and plaix were prescribed.Ten days > after starting daily doses(crestor 20 mg.) my liver > lab exam showed severe impairment.Hoospitalization was > necessary and suspension of all drugs was > necessary.However,gama gltymil transferasa(GGT) 10 > days after drug suspension has a reading of 368.Due to > a thrombosis 4 years ago,I take 5mg. of coumadin > daily. > MY doctor prefer that I not start with another sttin > until the liver tests show more normal readings. > Any suggestions will be received with thanks
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