If so, then Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. would like you to know that on January 30, 2009, they submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Fampridine-SR, a novel therapy developed to “improve walking ability” in people with multiple sclerosis.
Fampridine-SR is a sustained-release tablet formulation of the investigational drug fampridine (4-aminopyridine or 4-AP). In laboratory studies, fampridine has been found to improve impulse conduction in...
This is Brain Awareness Week. What does this mean to MSers? According to the Society for Neuroscience, "Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is an... Read more »
The Blues are Nothing More than a Lack of Red in Your Life - Paint Your Walls Pink and You'll Never be Sad Again Wouldn’t it be nice... Read more »
As MS patients we all know what a demyelinating disease is, right? “...any disease of the nervous system in which the myeline sheath... Read more »
Thinking about one's own thinking is worthwhile. Before he recently died, the great scientist and DNA co-discoverer, Sir Francis Crick, was... Read more »
Over the past four decades, the tools for diagnosing multiple sclerosis have changed as our understanding of the disease process and... Read more »
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Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system).Alternative NamesMS; Demyelinating... Read more »
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MS; Demyelinating diseasePreventionReferencesCalabresi P. Multiple sclerosis and demyelinating conditions of the central nervous system. In: Goldman... Read more »
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease that involves the central nervous system (CNS), the nerves that comprise the brain and spinal cord.... Read more »
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MS; Demyelinating diseaseTreatmentThere is no known cure for multiple sclerosis at this time. However, there are therapies that may slow the disease.... Read more »
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ReferencesCalabresi P. Multiple sclerosis and demyelinating conditions of the central nervous system. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine.... Read more »
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