Tag: medication
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Troublesome Tysabri®️
In 2004, a new MS drug was approved by the FDA. As opposed to an interferon, Tysabri (natalizumab) is “a monoclonal antibody.” Then PML starts.
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Caustic Copaxone®️
My liver toxicity from Avonex meant that I couldn’t take anything else with interferon, ruling out all other MS drugs at the time, except for one: Copaxone.
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Ack, hepatitis!
2-1/2 years after I had started Avonex, I developed a liver toxicity to it and was advised to stop it immediately. My medical chart read “elevated liver enzymes/hepatitis”!
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Anxious Avonex®️
In December 2000 my doctor and I decided to start me on Avonex. The injections begin!
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Before Betaseron®️
In April 1991, the doctor told me I had probable MS. Even with the confirmation of the MRI, which could show multiple brain lesions in a live person as opposed to autopsy after death, the presence of multiple lesions only mostly confirms it.
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MS or gout
Obviously I’m not a scientist. But clearly, I think the relationship between uric acid and brain inflammation should continue to interest scientists.
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MS and the DMTs
There still is no way to definitively diagnose and no cure but there are now more than 15 drugs to try to halt progression, sometimes called disease-modifying therapies or treatments, DMTs.
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Underwear and pills, oh my!
When I was first diagnosed, ATMs existed and there were 24-hour grocery stores. I remember thinking that of all the times in history to be struck by this disease, this was the best.
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The biotin protocol
The protocol, created by the company MedDay Pharmaceuticals in France, tests high-doses of the vitamin Biotin. The trial aims to prove that high-dose biotin can reverse disability in non-active progressive MS.