CureMyWife.com - A support network for women with chronic illness and pain » belimumab http://www.curemywife.com/blog Learn about lupus, coccyydynia, fibromyalgia, arthritis, depression, mixed connective tissue disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, coccygectomy, atrial fibrillation, autoimmune disorders, migraine headaches Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:42:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 FDA Approves First New Lupus Drug in 56 Years http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/fda-approves-first-new-lupus-drug-in-56-years/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/fda-approves-first-new-lupus-drug-in-56-years/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:12:46 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=255 The Food and Drug Administration recently approved Benlysta (belimumab) to treat patients with active, autoantibody-positive lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus) who are receiving standard therapy, including corticosteroids, antimalarials, immunosuppressives, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Prior to Benlysta, FDA last approved drugs to treat lupus, Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) and corticosteroids, in 1955. Aspirin was approved to treat lupus in [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2011/fda-approves-first-new-lupus-drug-in-56-years/feed/ 0 Benlysta (belimumab): A New Lupus Medication on the Horizon http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/benlysta-belimumab-a-new-lupus-medication-on-the-horizon/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/benlysta-belimumab-a-new-lupus-medication-on-the-horizon/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:15:28 +0000 http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=200 On July 20, 2009, Human Genome Sciences and GlaxoSmithKline announced positive results from their Phase-III, double-blind, placebo-controlled lupus clinical trial.

This 52-week study, also known as BLISS-52, enrolled 865 patients in 13 countries outside North America and randomized active lupus patients to 10mg/kg active drug (Belimumab, also known as Benlysta), 1 [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/benlysta-belimumab-a-new-lupus-medication-on-the-horizon/feed/ 0