Therapeutic Results Of Liposomal Clodronate

By Teri Farley


Everyday a new drug is introduced into the market with manufacturers guaranteeing positive results. This right here is all too uncommon particularly in medicine where laboratory experiments and studies are conducted almost everyday. A new and remarkable form of therapy was discovered for the treatment of diseases caused by an over reactive or abnormal immune system, treatment was given using liposomal clodronate.

The immune system is one of the most important system of the body specifically to one's health. In fact, some people take vitamin supplements to aid their immune system. The stronger it is, the more invincible man becomes. It's all very simple if you think of it, however this may not always be the case sometimes, there are abnormalities in your immune system which causes your cells to attach your own body, hence the term Autoimmune Disease.

Originally clodronic acid is biphosphonate, anti-osteoporotic drug. It was approved for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis particularly to women and hyperparathyroidism, hypercalcemia and vertebral fracture to men. It was noticed that clodronic acid has a potent analgesic and anti inflammatory effects as it significantly reduced important inflammatory markers.

Clodronic acids is a first generation biphosphonate was originally used for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and reduce the risk of hyperparathyroidism, vertebral fractures, fracture related pain and hypercalcemia. It was during this time that the drug was discovered to have an effect in the immune system by reducing certain inflammatory markers.

As a whole, the immune system is a major factor in one's health and body. It does protect one on being infected from common viruses which explains why some people take supplementation to strengthen their immune system. But for some unique reason, the immune system could be the culprit to several medical diseases as well as on transplant rejections.

Autoimmune diseases are medical conditions caused by the immune system itself. Macrophages, the core cell of the immune system, attack healthy cells causing inflammation such as those in multiple sclerosis, pernicious anemia, rheumatoid arthritis and so on. During transplant, macrophages may also attack the new cells coming from the graft causing the body to reject it.

Using the liposomes as a drug vehicle, clodronic acid will be delivered into your phagocytic cell, or macrophages damaging it irreversibly then kills it eventually through apoptosis. Aptly name as the macrophage "suicide'', this will result to a decreased or minimal immune reaction hence patients with autoimmune disease may show improvement from their condition.

With the discovery of these new therapy, it surely increases the hope of anyone suffering from severe autoimmune diseases to achieve disease remission. This may also decrease the chances of transplant rejection to those patients scheduled for transplantation in any parts of the body. All in all, clodronic acid liposome therapy is promising a good quality of life among patients.

Liposomal clodronate showed exemplary results in autoimmune diseases, transplant and cancer. It would not be much of a surprise if it becomes the next big thing in medicine. That is, if it's still not considered one until now.




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