Well, it's official. My doctor sent me home with info packets on the different treatment options (Copaxone, Rebif, Avonex, and something else) and I was feeling a little overwhelmed so I started searching and stumbled on this site. I saw the forums for all of the different regimens and started breathing again. This site is great! So now I'm a new user. I'm 24, and living in Louisiana (Geaux Cajuns). I work as a district ...

HI, I have been trying to get LDN in England but my doctor refuses to pescribe it. I am due to go to Miami beginning of January for a holiday can anyone recommend a doctor in the area who might see me and give me a pescrption?

Dear all,

I started my anti-biotic regime just under two weeks ago. As Sarah suggests, its probably best to let some time pass before describing any changes. My changes to date have been mainly psychological - I feel better because I'm doing something. As I've mentioned before my neurologist (I live in the UK) told me there was nothing he could do until I had experienced a second attack. My 'thick' head has disappeared.

I ...

I see that "depression" is listed as a side effect of Antegren. I'm wondering if they really mean "depression", or do they mean "suicide"?

I had to d/c Avonex last year because of overwhelming, bizarre, out-of-the-blue suicidal episodes that occurred exactly once a week (3 days after the shot). I wasn't even depressed; just went straight from happy to near-suicide, exactly once a week. Suicidal episodes started as soon as I got to the full ...

http://iai.asm.org/cgi/content/full/69/1/456

MMP9 upregulated in both sero-positive and sero-negative LD patients.

Hmmm... points back to our friend minocycline again.

As an MSer, especially if you use a cane, crutches, or wheelchair, how do you or would you react to someone (stranger or friend) who comes up and asks if you have MS, (or muscular dystrophy, or cerebral palsy or some other disabling disorder)? Are you offended, angry, embarassed, nonchalant, thankful for their interest or what? I've never been nosy towards anyone or asked but nowadays I seem to notice the people in wheelchairs or ...

hello everyone. I am new to this site. just found out about it today. sent the day reading all he previous messages.
It certainly looks like the site I have been searching for.
Anyway enough of the waffle....
I am 34 years old I was diagnosed nearly 10 years ago. I have come to realise I was very lucky in my dx. in the sense that I had my dx within 5 days of admission ...

Early days, but an interesting approach.

A USC-invented vaccine for multiple sclerosis (MS) is about to enter
Phase II clinical trials
http://www.usc.edu/hsc/info/pr/1vol5/526/ms.html

A USC-invented vaccine for multiple sclerosis (MS) is about to enter
Phase II clinical trials, backed by a combined $3.5 million in
funding-including a $1.1 million award from the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society that is one of its largest in recent memory, as well
as $2.4 million ...

Another one on cord blood.

Now if this is legit. Why dosen't somebody get going and try it in MS patients?

http://www.optusnet.com.au/news/story/a ... 253284.inp

Cord blood stem cells cure paralysis
3:23 PM November 28

A South Korean woman paralysed for 20 years is walking again after scientists repaired her damaged spine using stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood.

Hwang Mi-Soon, 37, had been bedridden since damaging her back ...

I had read somewhere- I think maybe here? that the Optic Neuritis trial results for Aimspro would be released by the end of November.

It's the 30th. Anyone know anything?