Jumper wrote: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 indeed the meds I reacted to and even at a 1/4 dose of 1 pill before bed I was in extreme stomach pain, so much so, that it woke me from a dead sleep. So, the advice I was given was after talking to the doc, the nurses, the pharmacy and the nurse from the drug company - it was not a simple, oh well, just quit! Sorry if I gave that impression but I thought it was perhaps understood that it was not just a flip decision on the part of the people in my MS clinic. Believe me, I wanted this drug to work and endured for as long as I could and sought out answers from everyone who said "call with any questions".
I am sure you were not questioning the validity of my post or my experience with this drug or maybe you were! Believe me , it is an experience I hope never to endure again. It was not for me and I usually tolerate medication really well so this really surprised me.