Tofacitinib citrate helps man with alopecia regrow hair. NBC Nightly News (6/20, story 8, 0:25, Williams) reported that investigators “used a drug intended for rheumatoid arthritis on a man with total baldness who then grew a head of hair.” Fox News (6/20) reported on its website that “the 25-year-old man has alopecia universalis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes hair loss over the entire body when the immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles.” Physicians “at Yale University tried an unusual treatment using an FDA-approved drug, tofacitinib citrate, which is designed to treat the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis.” The man “was able to regrow a full head of hair, eyebrows and eyelashes, facial, groin and other hair.” On its website, CBS News (6/21, Blaszczak-Boxe) reported that the medication “helps in some cases of psoriasis, and it was mildly effective in treating this patient’s psoriasis, the researchers said.” HealthDay (6/21, Preidt) reports that the research was published online in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. The New York Daily News (6/21, Taylor) also covers the story.
Posted on: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:19:13 +0000
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