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I'm astonished by the time delay flushing occurs to some of the Tecfidera-people. Whenever I experience a flush, it's always about half an hour after taking the dose and half an hour later the flushing is away.

I know fatique for many years now and it was the worst under Rebif. Same here, I felt exhausted and stopped Rebif after 7 months (should have stopped earlier but had no real alternative back then). Two weeks after stopping I became aware of how bad I felt with 'the poison'. I was on Tysabri for the ...

I took my first pill this morning. After 4 years on Avonex the side effects never lessened so I have high hopes for techidera. I am wondering if anyone has experienced itching after starting tecfidera? I can feel the flushing coming and going but I am definitely itching on my arms and chest. With s...

I am thinking it might be better to eat first before taking . I'm not sure if that's a good idea. The capsules are treated to be resistant to stomach acid. If you eat before they can't pass the stomach fast enough the reach the enteric where it should be effective. So you would probably don't get t...

gymbuff wrote:Hi Mikro,

I had 50+ Tysabri infusions and went off it last September. I had IV steroids in December and started Gilenya in March.

Interesting, I read from most who went off Tysabri that they had steriods right afterwards but my neuro didn't tell me about this (I feel neglected).

I'm in week 4 - no stomach problems, but still experiencing flushing of face, neck and arms, intensity varies quite a bit day to day. Same here but I've started with a lower dose. I still have flushing of face, neck and arms every second time. After 30 minutes it's nearly away. I had some watery di...

I'm interested in the wash out period too or more over this in the chance of PML after the last infusion. I've stopped Tysabri three months ago definitiely after six years and started with BG-12 last month. I'm on LDN since about a year. No progression so far but I'm still pretty worried.