So, it looks like @US_FDA shot down Nurown. An ALS treatment with real results for patients early in the disease, or with slow progression. Why?!? Why must the treatment help X number of people, when it can change the lives of some now? I want to fucking live!
When your doctor writes ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative in nature with progression over time that is NOT treatable it really makes a person numb.
My wife looked at me today, paused, and said, “This life with ALS is hard.” She’s right. There is no way to sugarcoat it, this disease is a motherf*cker. Every day you have to retrench, reassess what you can do—stairs, showering, eating, breathing. /1
38 year old w #ALS recovered strength after #Nurown
“He couldn’t walk a year ago, he walked six miles this past weekend”
Tens of 1000s dead/dying of 100% fatal #ALS denied #Nurown by @FDACBER despite years of UNPRECEDENTED results.
@SteveFDA@HHS_ASH
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I may have ALS and unable to stand on my own two legs but as of 7/22/2020 I can still open the jar of nail polish and paint my own fingernails #ihateALS
TAKE ACTION: ACT for ALS (HR 7071) will create an infrastructure to fund early access to promising therapies for patients with fast-progressing terminal diseases like ALS. Help make this dream a reality.
Tell your representative to support this bill: https://t.co/0QsYTGCAKd
Americans suffering from terminal conditions don't have time to wait for potentially life-saving treatments. I introduced a bill this week to safely accelerate the approval process for drugs that could treat serious and life-threatening illnesses.
Please take 2 quick steps to get us closer to ALS treatments and cures.
Step 1.
Sign House Bill here: https://t.co/jT4rhR2ve0
Step 2.
Sign Senate Bill here: https://t.co/X7aRRWeNPe
@iamalsorg@bsw5020@alsassociation @ALSOhioCnS @ALSANorthernOH @ALSKids4Cure#ENDALS#ALS
Today, the House and Senate announced bills that will create real pathways to provide faster and broader access to therapies for #ALS.
This movement is working and our congressional leaders are listening, all because of you.
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