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"a class of drugs developed for osteoporosis appears effective in preventing the allergic reaction from being triggered." ... am I the only one who thought "su

by mrbill 12y ago

"a class of drugs developed for osteoporosis appears effective in preventing the allergic reaction from being triggered." ... am I the only one who thought "surely someone taking this drug for osteoporosis also has asthma? See if it's helped."

robbiep 12y ago
You develop asthma as a child. Old people have osteoperosis. It sounds like this drug is meant to prevent it developing so the patient populations don't really fit
- Mifuyuu 12y ago
  I beg to differ; you don't have to be old to get osteoporosis. Likewise, you can develop asthma at a later age. IANAMD but I work at a medical centre, deal directly with patients and medical staff and have come across a few such instances.
dogma1138 12y ago
The fact that the active ingredient in a drug may help to cure or remediate multiple conditions doesn't mean the medicine you take for one will have any effect on other conditions even if the drug is effective against them. Drugs are very specific and dosage and application (delivery mechanism) are quite important. For example clioquinol a drug used to treat fungal infections most commonly "Athlete's Foot" has now been proven to be very effective at slowing down and even reversing the neural degeneration in Alzheimer patients to a point in which persistent treatment might prevent the onset of dementia altogether. And as you might guess it wasn't discovered when some one had both a fungal infection and Alzheimer and got "cured" simply because the topical application of clioquinol does absolutely squat in a case of Alzheimer and for the "drug" to become Alzheimer medicine an application method which allows it to breach the blood brain barrier is required, as well as a completely different dosage than one would find in a topical cream.
lbearl 12y ago
FTA, the drug wasn't any good at treating osteoporosis, although it wasn't otherwise harmful
xzlzx 12y ago
The nebulization of the drug is a significantly different way to administer it compared to its previous administration.

by mrbill 12y ago

robbiep 12y ago

You develop asthma as a child. Old people have osteoperosis. It sounds like this drug is meant to prevent it developing so the patient populations don't really fit

Mifuyuu 12y ago
I beg to differ; you don't have to be old to get osteoporosis. Likewise, you can develop asthma at a later age. IANAMD but I work at a medical centre, deal directly with patients and medical staff and have come across a few such instances.

dogma1138 12y ago

The fact that the active ingredient in a drug may help to cure or remediate multiple conditions doesn't mean the medicine you take for one will have any effect on other conditions even if the drug is effective against them. Drugs are very specific and dosage and application (delivery mechanism) are quite important. For example clioquinol a drug used to treat fungal infections most commonly "Athlete's Foot" has now been proven to be very effective at slowing down and even reversing the neural degeneration in Alzheimer patients to a point in which persistent treatment might prevent the onset of dementia altogether. And as you might guess it wasn't discovered when some one had both a fungal infection and Alzheimer and got "cured" simply because the topical application of clioquinol does absolutely squat in a case of Alzheimer and for the "drug" to become Alzheimer medicine an application method which allows it to breach the blood brain barrier is required, as well as a completely different dosage than one would find in a topical cream.

lbearl 12y ago

FTA, the drug wasn't any good at treating osteoporosis, although it wasn't otherwise harmful

xzlzx 12y ago

The nebulization of the drug is a significantly different way to administer it compared to its previous administration.