February 20, 2013
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Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram
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Miracle
Now that he has increased mobility, he can more easily exercise to get stronger. His physical therapist recommended innovative new equipment. Road That Led to Recovery This road to recovery all started when the couple went to Wichita recently. While Jim waited in the car for Judy at an appointment, he read the Wichita newspaper and saw an article about Dr. Tobinick’s treatment. They were both so excited about the treatment, Judy called Tobinick’s Institute of Neurological Recovery on her cell phone and had the appointment set before they traveled home from Wichita. The doctor told them that Jim was the first Kansan he treated. From November
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2010 to July 2012, Tobinick’s Institute gave entanercept injections to 617 stroke patients and 12 TBI patients. Of that total, more than 80 percent saw improvement to their walking and less spasticity. Over 85 percent experienced improved motor function and other improvements. Dr. Tobinick said results of the shot are long-lasting. His patients first treated in 2010 continue to enjoy improved mobility and cognition. Entanercept is better known by it’s brand name, Enbrel. The drug has proven effective in neutralizing TNF, the chemical that causes inflammation in the body. Enbrel has Food and Drug Administration approval to treat rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. Because the therapy’s “off-label” use
of etanercept is not yet FDA approved, this treatment is not covered by Medicare or most insurance plans. The injection and follow-up visits cost Jim $4,800 (and of course travel expenses.) Tobinick hopes Enbrel’s makers will use his research to seek expanded FDA approval so the treatment can be more affordable and accessible. Stroke and TBI patients receive only one injection, at the most two, so rarely see any of the possible side effects of etanercept. Dr. Tobinick recommends a second shot if patients saw some improvement and want more. Jim is so pleased with the results, he’s decided to have a second shot Feb. 28 to see if he experiences even greater improvements.
Contraband
yet. She confirmed that she had been at Crabtree the prior Saturday and had her visiting privileges terminated because she was having physical contact with the inmate. She admitted that all the conversations about the smuggling of
contraband had occurred on Feb. 10 on several different cellular devices from within JCCC. She said she didn’t get to speak to her husband, George McGuire Jr., very much but mostly spoke to a man named Craig. She was instructed to go to
Oklahoma City from Lawton and meet with an African American female named Lawanda whose husband is an inmate at Crabtree who goes by Dre. She said she picked up the woman and while on the way to the tobacco store, Lawanda packaged up the package first found by officers. She claimed that she did not know what was in it. She said she got to Helena at approximately 4 a.m. and waited until 7:30 a.m. when she drove to the prison and waited for their call to throw the packages over the fence. She said she was scared and didn’t want to but that her husband told her to or they would get hurt. McGuire has been charged with attempting to bring contraband drugs – marijuana into a jail/penal institution, attempting to bring a cell phone in a penal institution and child neglect. All three are felonies. Also on Feb. 12, McGuire was charged in Major County with transportation of an open container of alcoholic beverage.