Brisan and Parker Stults | Living with Niemann-Pick Type C

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Ding ding, round 2! Brisan and Parker started this week the 2 phrase of the N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) Drug Trial at the NIH. For the first week they have to ramp up on the drug again. Parker is at 9.5 ml x3 and Brisan is at 10ml x3. On the first phase it was 36ml x3 for Parker and 40ml x3 for Brisan.

As I posted originally on www.blog.bripardun.com, a diagram that I used from NNPDF's site to show how this crossover study is taking place. You can read more about it here: NAC Drug Trial. Essentially they are looking how they can reduce oxidative stress on the cells. The main issue they can't fix yet but if they can find little things to help the “side effects”, then that is  a very small win overall for NPC. We haven't seen any major changes in how they act. If there is they are very minor that they aren't completely noticeable.

Overall the drug is pretty safe. You can actually purchase it from any pharmacy. It doesn't taste bad either! We view this as an opportunity to help in the research of Niemann-Pick Type C!