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Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
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Interferon Beta Drugs
Interferons (so-called because they interfere with viral replication) suppress inflammatory factors in the immune system that are associated with the attack on myelin. Interferon drugs are now the treatments of choice for relapsing-remitting MS. Doctors recommend that these medications be used early in the course of the disease and continued indefinitely, unless they produce no benefits or have severe side effects. When the drug is discontinued, disease activity...
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Multiple Sclerosis Treatment: The Medical Marijuana Controversy
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Making Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Developments Available to the...
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Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Developments
The World Congress on Treatment and Research in MS took place recently. At this important MS meeting there were scientific oral... Read more »
Lobbying for Reform: The High Cost of Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
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Alternative Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis: Marijuana
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Multiple Sclerosis: Other Treatments
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
www.ninds.nih.gov -- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokewww.aan.com -- American Academy of Neurologywww.msassociation.org --... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis: Drug Treatment
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
People with multiple sclerosis should make every effort to preserve their general health. A healthy diet, sufficient rest, establishing priorities to... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
Prevention There is no way to prevent multiple sclerosis. Treatment There is no cure for multiple sclerosis. There are two types of treatments: those... Read more »
Clinical trial: Combo treatment for multiple sclerosis
This is a study to determine if a combination of interferon beta-1a and glatiramer acetate is a better therapy than either of the drugs used alone... Read more »
New Drug More Effective Than Standard Treatment for Multiple S...
British researchers have found that 71 percent of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) who were treated with the experimental... Read more »
8 Multiple Sclerosis Treatments and Their Side Effects
Corticosteroids Since 2007, high doses of intravenous corticosteroids such as methylprednisone have been the first-line treatment for the prevention of disability from acute MS attacks. Osteoporosis and reversible short-term memory loss have been...
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