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Biotech / Medical : Biomatrix (BXM) Looking Great
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To: chirodoc who wrote (202)11/17/1997 4:18:00 PM
From: AARON DIDICH  Read Replies (2) of 569
 
Chiro:
OK here goes:
1. since my buddies do not work in the OR every day nor do I necessarily have their room for my daily assignment, I will not know
each use, etc. As for their knowing about ANIK, I copied the post from their newsline about the payment schedule BMY via Zimmer and gave it to the one doc today--he had no comment(you have to understand that there is a downside to doing this since you can come off knowing more than the expert in the room and it is self defeating to have egos
battling.Bottom line is I will have to get back to you since I do not play socially with this pod.

2. since it had only been used once at our hospital that answers the
question. The neat part though is that one patient was 43 years old and had early OA. I doubt that it will be used just as a single injection, what I recall of the product circular is spelled out:therapy consists of 3 injections.

3. That one and only case happened to be a scope, I do not know if it
is indicated for routine use after each scope procedure without a diagnosis of arthritis. Any pods out there care to comment? I would
be emphatically no. We did our second injection today after a scope and in a lady who was told she barely had any arthritis. She was 44.

4. I am not sure it will replace them but can become an adjuvant therapy or something to step up to such as:1. the non-steroidals are
not helping or 2. you get a gastric ulcer from the high dose of oral
agents you are taking and you don't want surgery yet, or 3. because of
cardiac or other system problems you are not a good candidate for surgery ....... Remember this is not a cheap therapy and the dust has
not settled on payment schemes yet. Akin to using a cruise missile
instead of an artillery barrage.

Hope those address your questions.

Aaron
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