Below is a press release from Intermune, the company that makes Pirfenidone. They have essentially reviewed the various clinical trials going on, and decided that Pirfenidone is safe and well tolerated. That would pretty much go along with what we've observed in the HPS community as well. We have a few folks that have been on the drug since the late 90s and continue to do well. Of course, as a journalist, I do have to say consider the source - but at the same time, as someone in a Pirfenidone trial, it's good to know. Results of Comprehensive Safety Analysis of pirfenidone In IPF Patients Presented At European Respiratory Meeting - Analysis shows safety and tolerability of pirfenidone across four clinical trials - VIENNA, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InterMune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITMN ) today announced that the results of a comprehensive review of safety data from four clinical studies were presented at the 2009 European Respiratory Society Annual Congress in Vienna, Austria...
Note the leg room in this pic! Boy, those were the days of air travel! The pic didn't come out, but this plane also had bunks where one could sleep!!!! That's my biggest gripe about air travel now - it's so uncomfortable being crammed into a metal tube like a herd of cattle, legs pressed firmly into the seat in front of you until they ache. And there's always some short person in front of me who insists on reclining their seat the whole whopping two degrees it reclines, just so the back of their seat digs even further into my knees. I flew US Air to Washington for Ryan's wedding. Not only did they charge me $15 a bag (even though the price of fuel is down) but they wanted $2.50 for a soda on the plane. No service whatsoever! 
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