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He lāʻau lapaʻau ʻo Glatiramer i kauoha ʻia e kōkua i ka hoʻolohi ʻana i ka holomua o ka sclerosis lehulehu (MS). Ua hoʻolālā ʻia no ka poʻe me nā ʻano relapsing o MS, kahi e hele mai ai nā hōʻailona a hele i nā hanana.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hoʻololi ʻana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale, ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana iā ia. E noʻonoʻo iā ia e like me ke kōkua ʻana e hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou i ka ʻōnaehana pale o kou kino i ʻole e hoʻouka hewa i kāu ʻiʻo nerve ponoʻī, ʻo ia ka mea e hana ai i ka MS.
He protein synthetic ʻo Glatiramer e hoʻohālike i kahi ʻāpana o ka myelin, ka uhi pale a puni kāu mau fiber nerve. Ke hoʻokomo ʻoe iā ia ma lalo o kou ʻili, kōkua ia i ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ka manaʻo o kāu ʻōnaehana pale mai ka hoʻouka ʻana i kāu ʻiʻo nerve maoli.
Hele mai ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he waihoʻoluʻu maopopo, ʻaʻohe waihoʻoluʻu e hoʻokomo ʻoe iā ʻoe iho me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi syringe i hoʻopiha mua ʻia a i ʻole ka auto-injector. Ua kōkua ʻo ia i ka poʻe me MS no nā makahiki he iwakālua, e hāʻawi ana i nā kauka a me nā mea maʻi i kahi koho lapaʻau i aʻo maikaʻi ʻia.
ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau MS e hana ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale, lawe ʻo glatiramer i kahi ala i manaʻo ʻia. Hana ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻopunipuni, e mālama ana i kāu mau cell immune me kahi mea ʻino ʻole ma kahi o kāu myelin.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ʻo Glatiramer e mālama i nā ʻano relapsing o ka sclerosis lehulehu, me ka relapsing-remitting MS a me ka active secondary progressive MS. ʻO kēia nā kūlana kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā flare-ups a ukali ʻia e nā manawa o ka hoʻōla a i ʻole ke kūpaʻa.
Kōkua ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ke alapine o nā relapses a hiki ke hoʻolohi i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o ke kino kīnā i ka manawa. Nui ka poʻe i ʻike i ka lilo ʻana o kā lākou mau hōʻailona MS i mea hiki ke mālama ʻia a hiki ke wānana ʻia ke noho lākou ma kahi hoʻolālā lapaʻau kūlike.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku iā glatiramer inā ua ʻike ʻia ʻoe me ka MS a ke ʻike nei ʻoe i nā hōʻailona maʻi ikaika. He mea maʻamau ia i manaʻo ʻia he koho lapaʻau laina mua no ka mea he palekana palekana maikaʻi ia i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kekahi mau lāʻau MS ʻē aʻe.
Hana ʻo Glatiramer ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale nui i kahi mea ʻē aʻe e nānā ai. Ua manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika waena e lawe ana i kahi ala akamai a pololei ʻole i ka mālama ʻana i ka MS.
Ke hoʻokomo ʻoe i ka glatiramer, hele ia i kou mau puʻupuʻu lymph kahi e hui ai me nā pūnaewele immune i kapa ʻia ʻo T-cells. ʻO kēia mau T-cells, e hoʻouka maʻamau i kāu myelin, e nānā ana i ka glatiramer. Kōkua kēia i ka pale ʻana i kāu ʻiʻo nerve maoli mai ka pōʻino.
Paipai pū ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kāu ʻōnaehana pale e hana i nā mea anti-inflammatory hou aʻe a me nā mea inflammatory liʻiliʻi. Hoʻokumu kēia i kahi pane immune kaulike hou aʻe ʻaʻole paha e hoʻoulu i ka mumū e alakaʻi ai i nā hōʻailona MS.
ʻAʻole ia ka lāʻau MS ikaika loa i loaʻa, akā nui ka poʻe e mahalo i ka hana mālie a paʻa. ʻAʻole ʻoe e ʻike i nā loli nui i ka pō, akā i nā mahina a me nā makahiki, hiki iā ia ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i ka holomua o kou maʻi.
E hoʻokomo ʻoe i ka glatiramer ma lalo o kou ʻili i hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā, maʻamau i ka manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā e kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi hana maʻamau. E hele ana ka injection i nā wahi ʻiʻo momona e like me kou ʻūhā, nā lima, nā pūhaka, a i ʻole ka ʻōpū.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻololi ʻana i kāu mau wahi injection i kēlā me kēia lā e pale ai i ka huhū a i ʻole nā puʻupuʻu. Nui ka poʻe i ʻike he mea kōkua ke mālama i kahi palapala maʻalahi e nānā i kahi i hoʻokomo ai lākou i kēia manawa.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i ka glatiramer me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, no ka mea, ʻaʻole pili ka ʻai ʻana i ka maikaʻi o kāna hana. Eia naʻe, makemake kekahi poʻe e hoʻokomo iā ia i ka wā e moe ai e hiamoe ma nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi e hiki ke hana.
E mālama i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o ka pahu hau, akā e ʻae iā ia e mahana i ka mahana o ka lumi ma mua o ka hoʻokomo ʻana. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau anu ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole a hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā hopena ma ka wahi i hoʻokomo ʻia.
Na kāu mea mālama ola e aʻo iā ʻoe i ke ʻano hoʻokomo kūpono a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i nā lako a pau āu e pono ai. Mai hopohopo inā manaʻo ʻoe he nui i ka wā mua – ua maʻa ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻokomo ʻana iā lākou iho i loko o kekahi mau pule.
ʻO ka Glatiramer ka mea maʻamau he lapaʻau lōʻihi e hoʻomau ʻoe i ka wā e kōkua ana i ka mālama ʻana i kāu MS a ke ʻae maikaʻi nei ʻoe iā ia. Noho ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ma luna ona no nā makahiki ma mua o nā mahina.
E nānā kāu kauka i kāu holomua ma o nā nānā maʻamau, nā scans MRI, a me nā kūkākūkā e pili ana i kou manaʻo. Kōkua kēia mau mea i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā e hana pono ana ka lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe.
Hopohopo kekahi poʻe e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau no ka wā lōʻihi, akā he maʻi maʻi ʻo MS e pōmaikaʻi mai ka lapaʻau mau. ʻO ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka glatiramer ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻi ai kāu hana MS i kāna pae mua.
Inā pono ʻoe e hooki no kekahi kumu, e kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hoʻololi palekana. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo aku e hoʻololi i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau MS ʻē aʻe a i ʻole e nānā pono iā ʻoe i ka wā o nā hoʻomaha lapaʻau.
ʻAe ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka glatiramer, akā e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki iā ia ke hoʻoulu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, ʻaʻole maʻamau nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi.
Eia ka mea āu e ʻike ai, e hoʻomaka ana me nā hopena maʻamau:
ʻO kēia mau hopena, ʻoiai ʻoluʻolu ʻole, ʻaʻole pilikia maʻamau a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻike ʻia i ka wā.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi akā ʻoi aku ka hopohopo e pili ana i nā hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi, e pili ana i ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, ka pehu ʻana o kou maka a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, a i ʻole ka ʻōpala ākea. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hoʻomohala kekahi poʻe i ka lipoatrophy, ʻo ia ka nalowale o ka ʻiʻo momona ma nā wahi injection, e hana ana i nā niho liʻiliʻi i ka ʻili. ʻO kēia ke kumu e koʻikoʻi ai ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā wahi injection.
ʻAʻole kūpono ʻo Glatiramer no nā mea a pau, ʻoiai he pōkole ka papa inoa o nā poʻe hiki ʻole ke lawe iā ia i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kekahi mau lāʻau MS ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe iā glatiramer inā he maʻi ʻoe iā ia a i ʻole kekahi o kāna meaʻai, me ka mannitol. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi i kekahi lāʻau injection ma mua, e hōʻoia e kūkākūkā i kēia me kāu kauka.
Pono paha ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi puʻuwai i ka nānā ʻana a i ʻole ʻaʻole paha he moho maikaʻi no glatiramer. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hana i nā loli o ka puʻuwai a i ʻole ka paʻa o ka umauma i hiki ke pilikia inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia o ka puʻuwai.
Inā hāpai ʻoe a i ʻole e hoʻolālā ana e hāpai, pono ʻoe e kūkākūkā kikoʻī me kāu kauka. ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo glatiramer he palekana ma mua o nā lāʻau lapaʻau MS ʻē aʻe i ka wā hāpai, pono ka noʻonoʻo pono ʻana i nā pilikia a me nā pōmaikaʻi no kēlā me kēia hoʻoholo lapaʻau.
Pono paha ka poʻe me ka maʻi kīkī a i ʻole ka maʻi ate i nā hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka mahele a i ʻole ka nānā ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maʻamau kēia me glatiramer ma mua o kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Loaʻa ʻo Glatiramer ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, ʻo Copaxone ka mana mua i ʻike nui ʻia. ʻO kēia ka huahana glatiramer mua i ʻae ʻia a ua loaʻa no nā makahiki he 20.
Loaʻa nō hoʻi nā mana generic, me Glatopa a me Glatirame. Loaʻa iā lākou ka mea hana like a hana like me ka mana inoa inoa, akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kumukūʻai.
Aia kekahi Copaxone 40mg, he mana ʻekolu manawa i ka pule e makemake ai kekahi poʻe ma mua o nā injections i kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ke koho e hana maikaʻi loa no kou ola a me nā makemake.
Hana nā mana a pau o glatiramer ma ke ʻano like, no laila pinepine ka koho ʻana i ke kumukūʻai, ka uhi ʻinikua, a me ka makemake pilikino e pili ana i ke alapine injection.
Inā ʻaʻole kūpono ʻo glatiramer iā ʻoe, aia kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau MS ʻē aʻe i loaʻa, me kēlā me kēia me kāna mau pōmaikaʻi a me nā mea e noʻonoʻo ai.
ʻO nā koho injectable ʻē aʻe e pili ana i nā lāʻau interferon beta e like me Avonex, Rebif, a me Betaseron. Hana ʻokoʻa kēia mau mea mai glatiramer akā ua manaʻo ʻia hoʻi he mau lāʻau lapaʻau laina mua no ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka MS.
Hāʻawi nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha e like me dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera), fingolimod (Gilenya), a me teriflunomide (Aubagio) i ka maʻalahi o nā pills ma kahi o nā injections, ʻoiai he ʻokoʻa paha kā lākou ʻaoʻao hopena.
No ka poʻe me ka MS ʻoi aku ka hana, hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia nā lāʻau ikaika e like me natalizumab (Tysabri) a i ʻole ocrelizumab (Ocrevus), akā pono kēia mau mea i ka nānā ʻana.
E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e loiloi i nā mea maikaʻi a me nā mea maikaʻi ʻole o kēlā me kēia koho e pili ana i kāu kūlana kikoʻī, me kāu pae hana MS, nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe, a me nā makemake pilikino.
Ua manaʻo ʻia nā lāʻau lapaʻau glatiramer a me interferon beta he mau lāʻau lapaʻau laina mua like no ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka MS. ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi ma mua o kekahi - he mau ala like ʻole lākou i ka pahuhopu like.
Hoʻemi nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua i nā helu relapse ma kahi o 30% i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka ʻole o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, a hiki i nā mea ʻelua ke kōkua i ka lohi ʻana i ka holomua o ke kino kīnā. ʻO ke koho ma waena o lākou e pili pinepine i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ke alapine o ka injection, a me ka hoʻomanawanui pilikino.
ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka glatiramer i nā hōʻailona e like me ka maʻi flu ma mua o nā interferons, a he nui ka poʻe i ʻike i kēia mea e ʻoluʻolu ai. Eia naʻe, hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia ka interferon beta i ka liʻiliʻi o ka manawa e pili ana i ka formulation kikoʻī.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi poʻe i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o kekahi, a ʻaʻole hiki ke wānana mau ma mua. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo e hoʻāʻo mua i hoʻokahi a hoʻololi inā pono.
ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi lāʻau lapaʻau hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe mau i ka wā lōʻihi, no ka mea, ʻo nā pōmaikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i ka MS mai ka hoʻohana mau ʻana, ma mua o nā hopena pōkole.
Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Glatiramer i ka poʻe me ka maʻi puʻuwai, akā pono ia i ka nānā pono ʻana a me ke kūkākūkā ʻana me kāu kauka. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hana i ka paʻa o ka umauma, ka puʻuwai palpitations, a i ʻole nā hoʻololi i ka puʻuwai puʻuwai e hopohopo ai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia o ka puʻuwai.
E makemake paha kāu kauka e nānā i kou maʻi puʻuwai ma nā kikoʻī a e kūkākūkā paha me kekahi cardiologist ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka glatiramer. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo aku i ka nānā hou ʻana, e like me nā electrocardiograms i kēlā me kēia manawa, e hōʻoia i ka hana maikaʻi ʻana o kou puʻuwai i ka lāʻau.
He nui ka poʻe me nā maʻi puʻuwai maʻalahi e hana maikaʻi ana ma ka glatiramer, akā he mea kū hoʻokahi kēlā me kēia kūlana. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kamaʻilio hāmama me kāu hui mālama ola e pili ana i nā hōʻailona e pili ana i ka puʻuwai āu e ʻike ai.
Inā ua hoʻokomo hewa ʻoe i ka glatiramer ma mua o ka mea i kauoha ʻia, mai hopohopo, akā e kelepona i kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena mana ʻawaʻawa no ke alakaʻi. He kakaikahi ka nui o ka glatiramer no ka mea ua hāʻawi ʻia ma ke ʻano he ana mua ʻia, akā hiki ke hana nā ulia.
E nānā i nā hōʻailona maʻamau e like me ka paʻa ʻana o ka umauma, ka pilikia o ka hanu ʻana, a i ʻole ka ʻulaʻula nui. Hiki ke ʻoi aku ka ikaika o kēia mau hopena ma mua o ka maʻamau akā pono e lilo i mea manawa.
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He nui nā kānaka i ka mea e kōkua ai i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka lā hoʻokahi i kēlā me kēia lā, e like me ka mea ma mua o ka moe a i ʻole ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e hoʻokumu i kahi hana maʻamau i maʻalahi ke hoʻomanaʻo.
Pono ʻoe e hooki i ka lawe ʻana iā glatiramer ma hope o ke kūkākūkā ʻana me kāu kauka. He maʻi maʻi mau ka MS e pono ai ka mālama mau ʻana e pale ai i nā relapses a me ka lohi ʻana o ka holomua.
Aia paha nā kūlana kikoʻī kahi e kūpono ai ka hooki ʻana, e like me ka mea inā e ʻike ana ʻoe i nā hopena ʻaoʻao hiki ʻole ke ʻae ʻia, inā ua paʻa kāu MS no nā makahiki he nui, a i ʻole inā pono ʻoe e hoʻololi i kahi lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Inā hooki ʻoe i ka glatiramer, makemake paha kāu kauka e nānā pono iā ʻoe me nā loiloi maʻamau a me nā scans MRI e nānā i kekahi hana MS.
Hopohopo kekahi poʻe e pili ana i ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka wā lōʻihi, akā e hoʻomanaʻo i ka MS i mālama ʻole ʻia hiki ke alakaʻi i ke kino kīnā mau. ʻO ka pahuhopu ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoʻolālā lapaʻau e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke pili me ka ʻoluʻolu i ka wā lōʻihi.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele me glatiramer, akā pono ia i kekahi hoʻolālā ʻana no ka mea pono e hoʻomaʻalili ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau a pono ʻoe e lawe mai i nā lako injection.
No nā huakaʻi pōkole, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻoluʻu me nā pūʻolo hau e mālama i ke anuanu o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. No nā huakaʻi lōʻihi, e noʻonoʻo e nīnau i kāu kauka e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi leka huakaʻi e wehewehe ana i kāu pono olakino no ka lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā lako.
Ke lele nei, e mālama i kāu glatiramer i kāu ʻeke lawe me kāu lepili kauoha a me nā palapala lapaʻau. Ua kamaʻāina ka palekana o ke kahua mokulele i nā injections lapaʻau, akā hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā palapala kūpono ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā lohi.
E hoʻolālā i mua e hōʻoia i ka lawa o ka lāʻau lapaʻau no kāu huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa, me kekahi mau mea hou aʻe i ka hihia o nā lohi huakaʻi. He mea naʻauao nō hoʻi e noiʻi i nā keʻena lapaʻau ma kāu huakaʻi inā pono ʻoe i ke kōkua.
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