# Inoperable AVM improving with Mekinist treatment **URL:** \ **Category:** AVM 101\ **Tags:** treatment\ **Created:** [March 23, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/inoperable-avm-improving-with-mekinist-treatment/25392 "2021-03-23T03:59:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![DickD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@DickD](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/DickD)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 9:59am UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/inoperable-avm-improving-with-mekinist-treatment/25392/2 "2021-03-23T09:59:29Z")
Paul, This is FASCINATING. I knew I recognised MAP2K1 from somewhere and @Gibsons talks about it a lot here: > [@STS Foam Sclerotherapy](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/sts-foam-sclerotherapy/23009/6): > > Hello All, Thanks for all your replies. I’ve had a busy week so I’m just now able to respond to all of you. @JD12 @DickD Thank you both for the kind welcome. @DickD I’ve been researching vascular malformations for a few years now. I’ve read pretty much every relevant published paper on the topic and I have a science background which has helped in digesting and making sense of the information. I’m not a doctor, but I think I have a fairly good understanding of the underpinnings of these grou… This is a whole other area / route to therapy that I’ve not really known about before, so it is very interesting to start to explore it. Fascinating! Great share! Richard --- _[View the full topic](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/inoperable-avm-improving-with-mekinist-treatment/25392)._