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I've been using minocycline, with no side effects whatsoever (except, perhaps, a better complexion than I have ever had), for a little over a year. I take 100 mg 2x per day, which I believe is the dosage used in that small Canadian trial and the max dosage most docs are willing to prescribe. Hope th...

Read this article and it made me wonder. . . MONDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) -- The industrial solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) may cause immune system changes in workers exposed to the chemical, Italian researchers conclude. The study found that workers exposed to TCE showed significant changes in t...

Hi John, Sorry to hear about your fatigue. I have been using Copaxone for 7 months and have not had any increased fatigue (and I am very aware of my energy levels becuase fatigue has been a problem for me for some time). I also don't think fatigue is one of the common side effects for Copaxone. Becu...

And I don't suspect that you're an attorney or have any legal background, because in my 30 years of experience, no attorney would speak and make such black and white statements with such CERTAINTY the way you just have. I happen to be an attorney at one of the world's most prestigious law firms and...

The securities suits are not suprising and are certainly justified (if you believe Biogen failed to disclose relevant information to investors). The personal injury and/or wrongful death suits are another matter. If it is correct that the only two cases of PML occurred in patients involved in the tr...

Is it correct then that patient number 2 was not on Tysabri/Avonex co-therapy and contracted PML on Tysabri alone?

In my opinion, the "hysteria" is justified because anyone diagnosed with MS--regardless of what course the disease may take for them--will have only one opportunity to agressively treat the disease early in its course. In many ways, time is as much of the enemy as the disease when it comes...

Rebif has much better control over MRI lesion progression and is indicated for reducing progression of disability. Copaxone is indicated for reducing relapses only. Bebe, I'm curious, on what basis do you make the above statement? I thought Copaxone and Rebif had similar track records in all three ...

I too take Minocycline. Dx'd in March 2004. Started Minocycline in June 2004 (100 mg 2x day). Started Copaxone in August 2004. Based on the story posted on this site, I started NAC yeterday (figured it can't hurt). I also take Zocor, but I'm not certain that the dosage is high enough to benefit from...

I'm surprised no one else has posted on this. According to a January 19, 2005 article on Globes Online (an Israeli business publication), an article linking Copaxone with an increased risk of breast cancer may be published soon in the medical journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. The full ar...

Anyway, MY thought is that anything that assists to protect the axons (or that stimulates axonal growth or re-growth) should help tremendously in MS. (And here I go again), but I have found at least ONE substance (if not some others) that can help do that very thing. . . . and the ONE substance wou...