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I too am pretty lean and am on Copaxone. I found that even with the autoinject set on 4, the shots were painful and I was getting huge bruises that lasted a long time. I found that two things really h ...

Becky, my original doctor said I could move around after the spinal tap. Whether it was because I moved or he just screwed up, I had one of those incredibly excruciating, debilitating headaches after ...

Harry, my condolences on your loss. Your devotion to Marg, adn your willingness to share your experiences with others, will always be a part of this community.
- Arcee

I found the abstract to thestudy I had referenced earlier. I agree with the points about predicting for any one person being difficult and that we all need to live our lives now anyway. But if this me ...

While it doesn't make connections to potential treatments, here's the version from the New York Times. Front page news at the moment!

July 29, 2007
Advances Cited in Research on Multiple Sclerosis ...

Although I can't remember the exact citation, I am pretty sure that sometime in the past year there was a study that tried to pinpoint more precisely predictive factors. It seemed that problems with s ...

Kristen, I'll echo connieb: feel free to contact me about my Boston area experience. Sorry you have to be here, but it is a great resource.

Lauren, my doctor and I discussed using Benadryl prophylactically but he wasn't willing to do it, didn't want to mask the reaction. My sense is that they are not willing to do it at this clinic. But i ...

Thanks, Harry. I appreciate your kind words, and your ability to add a persepctive I hadn't previously considered.

Hi All -

Sad to say but my fourth overall, and second since recommencing, Tysabri infusion was stopped midway because of an allergic reaction.

I was very focused going into it because of what I ...

I believe there are a couple of places offering the Tysabri antibodies test, including Athena Diagnostics. They have an up to 14 day turn around from when they receive the blod sample and when they re ...

Pete -

How about wearing some kind of cooling device? I am not directly familiar with them, but I remember reading about ice wraps for the neck or the researchers from Stanford University who devel ...

from the Boston Globe

Alnylam, Biogen to partner on brain disease treatment
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cambridge said it will collaborate with Biogen Idec Inc. to develop a treatment for a r ...

Ian -

The responses to your post have been so meaningful, I'm not sure that I can add much. But I want to respond because I appreciate all you do for this site and because I want to echo the sugges ...

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