• sartalon@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Am I the only one asking how they know they will live into their seventies if the drug was just approved in 2019?

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      15 days ago

      The drug was likely out in human trials for years before it was approved, and they likely could see the recovery was commensurate with a normal human lifespan.

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    16 days ago

    CF is horrible. I had no idea that there was a new treatment and that it was so effective.

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      16 days ago

      Has a double lung transplant in 2007. My CF doctor told me today he doesn’t even really refer patients to transplant centers anymore because of the newest drugs.

      It really is amazing. When I had my transplant , the post surgery rehab was walking on treadmills and light weights. My transplant rehab office was 60+ year olds and 20 year olds with CF, nothing really in between.

      It’s awesome because the extra effect is that the lungs that CF patients would get can no goto another patient that needs them.