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<channel><title><![CDATA[Celiac Disease & Gluten-free Diet Information at Celiac.com - Comments for article: Encouraging New Celiac Disease Drug]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com</link><description /><language>en-us</language><copyright><![CDATA[http://www.celiac.com]]></copyright><generator>N/A</generator><webMaster>scott@celiac.com</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:03:22 PDT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #1]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment6087</link><description><![CDATA[I heard about these trials last year (for Larazotide Acetate) and checked out the actual clinical trial site. Well, the disturbing fact about the trials are that ALL the participants were REQUIRED to adhere to a gluten free diet to begin with. Now how do they know the drug itself is actually working if the participants are already gluten free? Wouldn't they already be decreasing the damage to their intestines by being gf alone?! It would automatically throw the testing results off.  I wrote and confronted the doctors about this and heard nothing back from them. I'm sure they wished that no one would bring that fact up, which is why my email was left unanswered. I found the trial to be faulty and untrustworthy by that alone.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Heather at 12:39 am, Thu 1st Apr 2010)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Heather)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:39:24 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment6087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #2 (Reply to Comment #1)]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment6097</link><description><![CDATA[I gather that the reason for the gluten free diet is that they try and get the 'test subject' as healthy as possible and then try and test the effects of gluten on them. Think about your comments for a moment will you?
If you know much about coeliac disease then you should know that the damage occurs very quickly with a very small exposure and takes 3 to 6 months in an adult to repair.

What would be the point of having a damaged person take the drug - its not a cure - just a potential way of blocking some of the reaction to gluten (which is a pretty good start if you ask me).<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Robert at 4:56 pm, Thu 1st Apr 2010)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Robert)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:56:59 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment6097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #2 (Reply to Comment #1)]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment14537</link><description><![CDATA[Couldn't agree more Robert. I think she miss understands the reason for the pill. I'm sure if she thought it through it would make sense.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Brian at 5:11 am, Sat 2nd Feb 2013)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Brian)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 02 Feb 2013 05:11:51 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment14537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #4]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment9170</link><description><![CDATA[Can't wait for this to come on the market.  I don't mind eating gluten free (my 9 year old celiac daughter is having a harder time).  I just see the drug as a fail safe for cross -contamination and such rather than a cure.  I hope it's out soon!<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Marc at 11:39 am, Mon 8th Aug 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Marc)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:39:11 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment9170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #5]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment9908</link><description><![CDATA[I'd prefer some research on the other problems that come with having a destroyed small intestine. They are many but few have been researched. I was diagnosed  with "ovarian failure" 6 years before I was diagnosed with celiac disease. Too late for me to conceive now.
How about some research on celiac intestines and hormones? I think that would be more important than being able to eat pizza again.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Barrett at 2:00 pm, Mon 21st Nov 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Barrett)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:00:10 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment9908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #6]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment10397</link><description><![CDATA[Yes they are testing a drug to block Zonulin which MAY be responsible for the damage in the small intestines. But look up the research - the researchers admit they don't know how it all works yet and they want to make a drug that will block this protein. A reduction of 50% to 15% damage is still DAMAGE! I am sorry but this will not work...when are we going to wake up from this perception that a stupid pill will fix everything - it doesn't! I agree it can be hard sometimes when you go out to eat and I had to learn to cook differently - But I also learned a lot about good nutrition and lets face it the whole population consumes too much wheat!

Think about this - the body makes Zonulin for a reason but people with CD make too much - so they want to totally block it - does that sound like a good idea?<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by M-E at 11:53 am, Mon 23rd Jan 2012)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (M-E)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:53:39 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment10397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #7]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment11689</link><description><![CDATA[If this drug is just going to reduce reactions to gluten, yet you are still putting gluten into your body and you are allergic to it, how is this going to help? It seems to me that you will still be damaging your body but you won't get the reactions.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Joan at 3:27 pm, Thu 7th Jun 2012)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Joan)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:27:22 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment11689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #8]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment12376</link><description><![CDATA[I'm from Iran. I am 38 years old and I have celiac disease. Would you please help me and show me the drugs treatment?<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by ali asghar fozouni at 8:54 am, Wed 8th Aug 2012)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (ali asghar fozouni)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:54:34 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/22050/1/Encouraging-New-Celiac-Disease-Drug/Page1.html#Comment12376</guid></item></channel></rss>