Comments on: Makers of Raptiva Remove Psoriasis Drug From Market Due to PML Risks

By: Loss of Vision, Weakness, Confusion: Symptoms or Side Effects?

Loss of Vision, Weakness, Confusion: Symptoms or Side Effects? — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:21:03 +0000

[...] People with AIDS are at an elevated risk for developing PML. Several people taking the drug Raptiva have developed PML and died from the [...]

By: Debra Stuart

Debra Stuart — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:08:29 +0000

Three years ago I was diagnosed with subacute lupus . I was put on plaquenil. thiladomide nothing seemed to work. I was confined to the house because I was so photosensitive. Breaking out all over chest ,arms ,back, feet. I was so depressed I didn’t want to live anymore. Then the dermatoligist said that he had been reading on this new Drug Raptiva and wanted me to try it. So I did and it cleared my lupus up and gave me my life back. I went back to work had a life again and now the RECALL! How about that I am back at square one.This has took all the hope I had for a life away again. I don’t think there are as many risks with this as some of the other medicine on the market today if people would just read the labels!

By: FDA Statement on the Voluntary Withdrawal of Raptiva From the U.S. Market - US Recall News Alert

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:53:12 +0000

[...] THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PSORIASIS DRUG RAPTIVA (EFALIZUMAB), ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS BEGUN A VOLUNTARY, PHASED WITHDRAWAL OF RAPTIVA FROM THE U.S. MARKET. THE COMPANY IS TAKING THIS ACTION BECAUSE OF A POTENTIAL RISK TO PATIENTS OF [...]

By: New Raptiva Warnings: Risk of PML Brain Disease - US Recall News Alert

New Raptiva Warnings: Risk of PML Brain Disease - US Recall News Alert — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:52:54 +0000

[...] UPDATE: The makers of Raptiva have taken this drug off the market due to the risk of PML (Click Here for more recent info on the Raptiva Recall) [...]