Acupressure and gentle massage can be used to treat a pinched nerve. Acupuncture may treat a pinched nerve. The main treatment for a pinched nerve is rest. A woman with neck pain from a pinched nerve.
Yervoy is the first drug approved for treating this indication. The FDA has not approved any new first-line medicines in over ten years. A dosage of Yervoy is expected to cost about $30,000; therapy of four infusions over three months will cost around $120,000. The drug is estimated to have a market of more than $400m in 2011.
What is Yervoy? Yervoy (ipilimumab) is a cancer medication that interferes with the growth and spread of cancer cells in the body. Yervoy is used to treat melanoma (skin cancer) that cannot be treated with surgery, or that has spread to other parts of the body. Yervoy is also used to prevent melanoma from coming back after surgery, including lymph node removal.