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I am also originally from the UK but live in Canada now...

Fifer44 where are you located that your MS center is not offering this as a 1st line med? I am in Boston ....home of Biogen and am curious if your center is farther away. I am in Manitoba, Canada. The nurse as my clinic just said it was no longer offered as 1st line and did not shed any light on wh...

I find it hard to believe anyone in the medical industry would tell an MS patient to just go off the meds... Perhaps my phrasing was a bit off. I was counseled about the side effects, told to stop taking the meds for two weeks to flush out my bodies then start up again to figure out if it was indee...

Just posting an update. I was off tecfidera for two weeks and started up again at a 1/4 dose last Sunday. This past Saturday the itching and hives came back worse than before along with stomach pains and more dry retching. I am not off the meds again and will meet with my neurologist tomorrow and co...

Ladymac I was on 240mg as I was into my fourth week. The nurse from Biogen has been in touch as well as nurses from my MS Clinic and it was my neurologist who said t stop the drug right away and we will reassess. I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced the same reaction with the itching....

I am new and just registered so I could post my experience. I stated the meds on Aug 20 and as of this past Friday I was told to stop taking them after I came out in a rush (hive like) and have unbelievable itching. I had some itching or a prickly sensation followed by flushing in the beginning but ...