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 ...

Hello,

I have quite a bit of pressure from my doctor to take Tecfidera. I was told about all the "mild side effects". From what I have read about the side effects I am not sure that I would still be able to function at work or anywhere else for that matter. Has anyone started taking this medication and if so how tolerable are the side effects?

Alicia

A new oral treatment for those living with multiple sclerosis has been approved for use in Canada.

Tecfidera is an oral medication recently approved by Health Canada..... Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/index.cfm/BG12

The active ingredient in a drug that’s expected to become a popular treatment for multiple sclerosis has been linked to four European cases of a rare but sometimes fatal brain disease called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)........ Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/index.cfm/BG12

$ :confused: :confused: 50K a year! http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/20 ... _price.php. I plan to go on it anyway. The $10 program they will start sounds good. This site says you can get a 3 year supply for $104 of cheaper with out docs script. Techfedora has been around for a long time. Just curious. ...

I just finished reading the prescribing information for Tecfidera. Of the two studies cited, one did not show a significant effect on disease progression.


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Wow, maybe the newly released oral MS med Tecfidera (previously BG-12) should have been an injection med instead!! :-D Am anxious to hear how debilitating the nausea, vomiting & diarrhea side effects are. Apparently they're enough for patients to stop the med.

Although an irritable digestive system might be characterized as "minor" and not very life-threatening, dealing with constant and/or severe stomach flu-type symptoms could easily ...

The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it approved a new drug from Biogen Idec to control multiple sclerosis in adults with hard-to-treat forms of the disease.

The twice-a-day capsules, called Tecfidera, offer a new option for multiple sclerosis, a debilitating disease in which the body attacks its own nervous system. Cambridge, Mass.-based Biogen Idec already sells two other drugs for the disease, but both require injections.......Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/index.cfm/BG12

Aubagio (teriflunomide) and Tecfidera (BG-12) move closer to European approval

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) issued positive opinions on two new MS therapies. Recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Tecfidera 120 mg and 240 mg, gastro-resistant hard capsules, intended for the treatment of adult patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis and Aubagio 14 mg film-coated tablet intended for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.... Read More - ...