Anyone tried PROSORBA?

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It is not approved for psoriatic arthritis but I know some docs have

secretly treated " off label " with PROSORBA. Outside of the U.S. a

physician can use treatments/drugs for any indication they wish. THEY

decide. Here in the U.S. Prosorba is approved by the FDA

for R.A. and ITP only. It is a non-drug, non-immunosupressive

treatment. The Column is a plastic cylinder about the size of a coffe

mug which contains a sand like substance coated with Protein A.

Protein A is is unique in binding certain elements from your blood

called antibodies. With Prosorba Column Therapy, blood is drawn from a

vein in your arm and then is pumped into an apheresis machine, filtered

and passed through the PROSORBA Protein A column and then reinfused

back into the other arm.

Treatment is once weekly for 12 weeks. Each treatment is 2 hrs.

Similar to Remicade but it is not a biologic. Approved by the FDA for

R.A. in 1999. I have several friends who have R.A. that went on

Prosorba with dramatic results. The response rate is the about the

same as Enbrel and Remicade for R.A. Anyone tried it?