my experience with Tobinick's INR

Scathing critique of Dr. Tobinick's research

2008-04-04T19:21:00.000-07:00

great article is posted here

here's a juicy section of the report:

"This story gives the image of a UCLA investigator exploring the effect of some new UCLA developed drug and discovering a breakthrough cure. Etanercept is not a UCLA drug, and it is not a new drug. Etanercept has been on the market for about a decade under the brand name Enbrel. As mentioned already, UCLA did not play any part in this case report.

Dr. Tobinick is not some UCLA neurological researcher. He is a dermatologist and internist in private practice in a laser hair removal clinic. As mentioned, his clinic is located in the UCLA Medical Plaza, which also houses the Institute for Neurologic Research, which is the medical group that treats patients with Dr. Tobinick’s Etanercept treatment."

prices quoted to someone else

2008-04-04T19:16:00.000-07:00

A gentleman by the name of gene posted this:

Feb 2, 2008

I had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Tobinick Tuesday, January 22nd. Pertinent information obtained is as follows:
The uniqueness of the perispinal injection technique patented by him in May 2006 is that it is an extrathecal (non-spinal)approach which facilitates crossing of the blood-brain barrier.
Off-label use of Enbrel requires only agreement between doctor and patient. Dosage for Alzheimers is half that normally prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis and other pathologies.
- The procedure is presently only available to patients at Dr. Tobinick’s office in Los Angeles; however, he offers on-site training to interested practitioners there as well. Initial Six weeks of therapy recommended costs $3,600. Weekly injections are required thereafter -$180.
- I beelieve experience thus far relates only to early/ moderate (including the 81 year old) stages of Alzheimers. Similar results for other forms of dementia: vascular, bacterial/viral, Lewy bodies, trauma etc. has yet to be determined.
Contact info: Dr. Edward Tobinick
100 Medical Plaza Suite 20
Los Angeles, CA

link

original journal article

2008-04-04T19:12:00.000-07:00

Rapid cognitive improvement in Alzheimer's disease following perispinal etanercept administration

link here

Tobinick's site

2008-04-04T16:18:00.001-07:00

There's a link to it here -

TNFMedicine

read Alzforum post on Tobinick and INR

2008-04-04T16:16:00.001-07:00

Alzforum post

Read Sham vs. Wham site

2008-04-04T16:00:00.000-07:00

Dave Jensen has an EXCELLENT post here.

Must reading if you are exploring Edward Tobinick's INR method or supposed "cure" for Alzheimer's. This is the anti-TNF treatment focusing on cytokines to cure Alzheimer's.

http://shamvswham.blogspot.com/2008/01/sham-unethical-medical-press-releases.html

Our experience with Tobinick's clinic

2008-04-04T15:53:00.000-07:00

We had some very questionable experiences with Edward Tobinick's INR clinic - the one written up for anti-TNF for treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

We will be posting more on this shortly.

We experienced NUMEROUS questionable interactions and practices with Edward Tobinick, MD's staff/office.