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I had an appt with my neuro yesterday we had been discussing changing my therapy due to the depression side effects I get from my Avonex. Currently I'm on Avonex and pulse roids and this has worked very well for me since switching from Copaxone. He mentioned Tysabri which I'm not currently comfortab...

In a few weeks I have a follow up with my neurologist. This will mark a year since I switched to him and he changed my meds to Avonex with pulse Solu-medrol every month. I feel that my current therapies are benefiting me significantly when compared to my disease activity prior to changing therapies ...

I have a coworker whos husband has MS. He has never taken any crab meds just Immunocal. His chief complaint was gait and balane issues which caused him to fall often prior to taking Immunocal. He had marked improvement with Immunocal. To see if it was the Immunocal or something else he stopped takin...

My out of pocket on meds for the year is $1000. When I order my first 3 months of Avonex for the year that balance is met. I put $500 of that balance on a credit card the rest I have them bill me for. I then fill out a form at my employer's benefits office for medication assistance. My employer give...

Hello all. I been visiting thisisms.com for a while and have posted a few times. This is my preferred forums to lurk at. I'm a 26 year old male who lives in Portland, OR. I moved to Portland from Vegas 3 years ago. I work full time still and take classes part time. I'm coordinating a team for this y...

Hi all, In talking to another MSer who uses Avonex, we felt that we were very dose dependent. I feel more MSy they closer I get to the next shot. After my shot I feel better. I was just wondering if there are others who feel the same way??? I was thinking that maybe I need something at a higher dos...

Its like an ice berg the tip sticking out of the water is our relapses and the gigantic titanic sinking bulk under the water is the ongoing disease process. I saw that illustration in a magazine recently.

Rick

I read somewhere within the last year of a study using high dose immuosuppresive therapy and self hematopoeitic stem cell transplanst. The results over 5 years was quite impressive. I believe the study was done in Europe and involved 18 pts. I believe the results showed out of those 18 post 5 yrs on...