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Elessar Zappa

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1. Vertex is a good company, although I think they're greedy.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2025, 06:46 PM

Jan 2025

They’re responsible for the cystic fibrosis modulator drugs that haven given CFers possibly decades more of life. I’m on it and my fev1 lung function was 22% in 2019. After four days on the new med, my lung function went up to 72%! But anyway, hopefully this new pain pill delivers.

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Vertex is a good company, although I think they're greedy. Elessar Zappa Jan 2025 #1