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Ms Therapy Betaseron Side Effects
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Pronounced: (in-ter-FEER-on BAY-tuh)
Uses
This medication is used to treat multiple sclerosis. Interferon is not a cure for multiple sclerosis, but it may help to decrease the number of attacks of weakness and slow the worsening of the disease.
This medication is the same as a protein that your body naturally produces (interferon). In the body, it is thought to work by affecting the body's natural defenses (immune system) in many ways. Adding more...
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