Category: Medical
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MS med makes cold worse?
The fact that I got this cold suggests that my current MS med is doing it’s job for me.
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Genial Gilenya®️
I am now taking the oral medication Gilenya (fingolimod). I call it genial because compared to giving myself daily shots, it is just a daily pill. But “genial” by no means suggests benign.
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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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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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How to find an MS doctor
This is how you can look for an MS specialist.