A handful of people taking a medication called Rebif to treat multiple sclerosis have developed a serious condition that causes blood clots to form in small blood vessels throughout the body.
In a letter in the March 27 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Scottish researchers reported that they found an unexpectedly high number of cases of "thrombotic microangiopathy" in people taking Rebif who suddenly developed severe high blood pressure. The condition is a combination of the clotting disorders hemolytic-uremic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (HUS/TTP)......... Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/rebif
Rare, But Serious, Side Effect Reported With One MS Drug
Rare, But Serious, Side Effect Reported With One MS Drug
MS-UK - http://www.ms-uk.org/
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