Xenetic Biosciences has completed the Phase I, safety trial for its multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment MyeloXen and is now treating patients to establish dosing levels.

The Phase I trial passed without any adverse event on six healthy volunteers and its Russian partner, Pharmsynthez, has now started Phase II where 12 patients will receive escalating dosing levels to establish the safe dose level for MyeloXen...... Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/index.cfm/MSnews

Hi not sure if I have ms or not but undergoing tests ATM. Went to bed one night and in the morning I was havin trouble walking within the hour I got worse with numbness in 1leg and heaviness in the other also numb in thestomach area buttocks and private areas had a lumber puncture MRI scan both come up clear just a bit scared as to what the problem is his has been 6 ...

Knowing that MS & Gout are mutually exclusive, and Uric acid levels are the key association seen.
Has anyone ever tried a high protein diet to raise levels of Uric acid?
Anyone done anything in the vicinity and noticed anything, good or bad?

Hey I'm Luke. I'm 24 years old and was officially diagnosed with Relapsing Remitting MS on April 4th 2013. Sorry if my story is long, but I wanted to tell it and see if I can get some help.

I've been through a lot in the last 2 years - fathers death, divorce, plus 2 surgeries - all within a year and a half. Things had gotten better by October 2012, and was good until ...

Hi, I'm Luke, and I'm 24 years old. I was diagnosed with MS on April 4th of this year after going through bouts of double vision, slowed/slurred speech - in which I've never experienced before. After Feb-April, they did tests that includes MRIs, which showed a white lesion on the brain. I have applied for disability, since being denied medicaid. (No health insurance). Had to quit my job, and give up my car due to ...

Has anyone had current or recent experience with PML?
Whom, in addition to Biogen, should be contacted for consultation for PML management and treatment?
Who are the expert doctors in this field?
My nephew is currently hospitalized and getting his second session of plasma exchange for PML treatment. He was on Tysabri for five years and was just diagnosed with PML.
Thank you.

Hi all! Started Tecfidera about 10 days ago and wanted to know what side effects everyone is dealing with. I had the heat/bad flushing for a day or two. My main concern is the nausea and stomach pain. My MS dr actually had me cut back to one pill a day to alleviate some of this. Anyone else experience nausea/stomach pain? So hard not to be able to find more info on side effects because ...

Surgery and risk for MS: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case--control studies

Although the precise etiology of multiple sclerosis is largely unknown, there is some speculation that a prior history of surgery may be associated with the subsequent risk for developing the disease. Therefore, we aimed to examine surgery as a risk factor for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis...... Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/index.cfm/MSnews

Mapi Pharma, developer of complex bulk Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), has been granted a US patent for a long acting depot formulation of glatiramer acetate, which is under the development as a once-a-month treatment for Multiple Sclerosis (MS).... Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/index.cfm/copaxone

Hi everyone,
Lately I have been having "episodes" of pain in my skin (right now on my hip, have had in in my wrist and leg as well) that feels like I've been severely burned. It is super sensitive with just clothes on it and it hurts so much to have anything touching or moving it. Then... it goes away about a half hour later. Has anyone had something like this? I have chronic neuropathic ...