Twelve Videos
Disclaimer: Individual results vary. Anti-TNF treatment for the indications below is off-label. Please see the Legal Disclaimer. Adverse reactions may occur. Some patients do not respond. Maintenance dosing, usually weekly, but sometimes as little as monthly, is necessary for optimal effect. The methods of anti-TNF treatment utilized for these patients are patented inventions of the INR[1].
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twelve videos below to view each movie within this webpage. Additional videos are available in large, high quality versions on this website. Please take the time to view each of the videos, filmed over a period of more than three years, because each includes new information, documenting improvement in patients with mild, moderate, and severe Alzheimer's, including both rapid and sustained improvement.
Rapid improvement in speech following anti-TNF initiation at the INR (2008)*
video length 4:59

Rapid improvement in speech in primary progressive aphasia following perispinal etanercept. For the published results please see Perispinal etanercept produces rapid improvement in primary progressive aphasia: identification of a novel, rapidly reversible TNF-mediated pathophysiologic mechanisms. Edward Tobinick MD. Medscape Journal of Medicine, Neurology and Neurosurgery Clinical Cases 2008 June 10; 10(6):135. This video was included as part of the peer-reviewed, published, scientific article.
From Australia for perispinal etanercept treatment at the INR in Los Angeles: (2009)*
video length 15:47 min.


The story of a husband and wife who traveled from Melbourne, Australia for treatment of Alzheimer's disease utilizing the unique perispinal etanercept treatment invented at the Institute for Neurological Research® (INR®) in Los Angeles. Before and after video, testing, and interview with the patient's wife. Please see Perispinal etanercept for neuroinflammatory disorders. Edward Tobinick MD. Drug Discovery Today 2009 Feb; 14(3-4):168-77.
Sustained improvement through one year following perispinal etanercept (2009)*
video length 3:53

This video was filmed in Los Angeles in February 2009, and includes an interview of the patient and her daughter, who have been flying to the INR® in Los Angeles from Oklahoma on a regular basis for perispinal etanercept treatment for Alzheimer's. Both mother and daughter have recently been featured on a TV news piece which was seen across the country, discussing their positive and sustained results. Please see Perispinal etanercept for neuroinflammatory disorders. Edward Tobinick MD. Drug Discovery Today 2009 Feb; 14(3-4):168-77.
Rapid improvement within minutes and sustained improvement following perispinal etanercept in Alzheimer's disease (2007)*
video length 6:22

This video is actual patient footage showing the patient's clinical improvement within minutes following initiation of perispinal etanercept at the INR, and his sustained response through five weeks. This video is a companion to the published editorial entitled Perispinal etanercept: potential as an Alzheimer therapeutic. Griffin WS. Journal of Neuroinflammation 2008 January; 5:3.
Rapid improvement within minutes following perispinal etanercept administration (2007)*
video length 6:47 min.

This video is an interview with a physician and his two family members documenting and discussing the response to initiation of perispinal etanercept at the INR. For the published results please see Rapid cognitive improvement in Alzheimer's disease following perispinal etanercept administration. Edward Tobinick MD, Hyman Gross MD. Journal of Neuroinflammation 2008 January; 5:2.
Son discussing his father's rapid and significant clinical improvement (2005)*
video length 3:49

This video is an interview with a son discussing his father's clinical response to initiation of perispinal etanercept at the INR. For the published results please see TNF-alpha Modulation for Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease: A 6-Month Pilot Study. Tobinick E, Gross H, Weinberger A, Cohen H. MedGenMed 2006; 8(2) :25.
Wife (social worker) discussing rapid improvement following perispinal etanercept for Alzheimer's (2005)*
video length 5 min.

This video is an interview with a social worker discussing her ex-husband's clinical response to initiation of perispinal etanercept at the INR. For the published results please see TNF-alpha Modulation for Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease: A 6-Month Pilot Study. Tobinick E, Gross H, Weinberger A, Cohen H. MedGenMed 2006; 8(2) :25.
Sustained improvement through one year following perispinal etanercept (2009)*
video length 2:39

This video was filmed in Los Angeles in February 2009 and August and September 2008, and includes an interview of the patient and her daughter. Please see Perispinal etanercept for neuroinflammatory disorders. Edward Tobinick MD. Drug Discovery Today 2009 Feb; 14(3-4):168-77.
Sustained improvement through six months following perispinal etanercept (2009)*
video length 3:18

This video, filmed at the INR® in Los Angeles February 26, 2009, documents the many improvements sustained through the first six months of treatment with perispinal etanercept (PSE) in a patient with Alzheimer's disease, as seen by the patient's family. Please see Perispinal etanercept for neuroinflammatory disorders. Edward Tobinick MD. Drug Discovery Today 2009 Feb; 14(3-4):168-77.
"Now she's eating solid food": sustained improvement (2009)*
video length 3:09

The patient's daughter-in-law documents the improvements sustained through the first five months of treatment with perispinal etanercept (PSE) in a patient with severe dementia who flew to the INR from Hawaii for treatment. Please see Perispinal etanercept for neuroinflammatory disorders. Edward Tobinick MD. Drug Discovery Today 2009 Feb; 14(3-4):168-77.
Sustained improvement through 46 months with perispinal etanercept (2009)*
video length 2:01

This video, filmed at the INR® in Los Angeles in March 2009, is of a 91 y.o. who remains better than baseline through 46 months of perispinal etanercept treatment. Please see Perispinal etanercept for neuroinflammatory disorders. Edward Tobinick MD. Drug Discovery Today 2009 Feb; 14(3-4):168-77.
"I've seen a very remarkable change" [with perispinal etanercept] (2008)*
video length 4:16

This video, filmed at the INR® in Los Angeles during 2008, documents the many improvements sustained through the first year of treatment with perispinal etanercept (PSE) in a patient with severe, early onset dementia, as related by the patient's wife. Please see Perispinal etanercept for neuroinflammatory disorders. Edward Tobinick MD. Drug Discovery Today 2009 Feb; 14(3-4):168-77.
The videos above are interviews discussing and documenting the clinical response to initiation of anti-TNF treatment (perispinal etanercept) at the INR. For the published results please see Tobinick E, Gross H, Weinberger A, Cohen H., TNF-alpha Modulation for Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease: A 6-Month Pilot Study MedGenMed 2006; 8(2) :25; Tobinick E., Perispinal etanercept for treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Current Alzheimer Research 2007 Dec; 4(5):550-2; Tobinick E, Gross H., Rapid improvement in verbal fluency and aphasia following perispinal etanercept in Alzheimer's disease, BMC Neurology 2008; 8:27; and Tobinick E., Perispinal etanercept for neuroinflammatory disorders, Drug Discovery Today 2009 Feb; 14(3-4):168-77.
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