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Hi,

I've been hearing a lot of people recently who claim that having good cardiovascular fitness (i.e. frequent aerobic workouts) actually makes the immune system "healthy" and therefore means that the MS will run a more benign course. Is this true? It seems a bit illogical though. Howcome athletes who exercise regularly everyday still get MS? Howcome some of these athletes, despite remaining active, end up in a wheel chair? Does this not disprove this ...

Hello,

I am the mother of a twenty year old young man, who has had a very hard five months. He had a bad exhacerbation back in november/december, and even though he has improved about 70% his cognitive skills, mainly memory and visual attention, have been badly affected and he is finding it very difficult to learn. He had to drop out of college in January and is currently taking a Spanish course at the ...

Are there any treatments for ON other than 4 aminopyridine?

Interesting, but disappointing...


A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of oral hydrolytic enzymes in relapsing multiple sclerosis.

Baumhackl U, Kappos L, Radue EW, Freitag P, Guseo A, Daumer M, Mertin J.

Department of Neurology, Central Clinic, St Poelten, Austria. neurologie@kh-st-poelten.at

Oral administration of hydrolytic enzymes (HE), such as bromelain, trypsin and rutosid, may have beneficial effects on the clinical course of neurological symptoms related to multiple sclerosis (MS). This is supported ...

Glad I found this site....toons12

Dear all,

The UK MS Society has posted the following on its website:


Further evidence needed after disappointing Aimspro trial results, say neurologists
06.04.05

The results from the recently completed small study of Aimspro (goat serum) in optic neuritis (a common symptom or model for MS) were presented at a scientific meeting last week. They make it clear that the main measures used to evaluate its effect were negative. Tertiary outcomes, while not showing a ...

Hello everyone. :D

My name is liane and as I am new here I thought I ought to introduce myself.

I am 39 and female. I have had MS for about five years, been diagnosed for two and a half. My first symptom was ON and I have been on Avonex since September 2004.

Anyway, I don't want to blah on for ages, just to say ...

This paper from the journal Nature may be old news (it's from 2002). However, I just ran across it and I thought that I would post the abstract here since it discusses some of the actions of statins that explain their efficacy in treating MS.

The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, atorvastatin, promotes a Th2 bias and reverses paralysis in central nervous system autoimmune disease.

Youssef S, Stuve O, Patarroyo JC, Ruiz PJ, Radosevich JL, Hur EM, ...

I'm new to this site and am looking for feedback from anyone trying the antibiotic regimen. The good, the bad, do you feel its worth it?

It's only completed phase I so far...


4SC SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDES PHASE I STUDY FOR PRODUCT CANDIDATE FOR THE TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

24 March 2005 - 4SC AG, a drug discovery and development company specialising in research and development of therapeutic agents, announced today that they have successfully concluded phase I studies for the small molecule product candidate SC12267 for treatment of autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
A safe and well ...