Hearing the Voice of MS
Research from Taiwan indicates that capnellene (GB9), a compound extracted from the soft coral Capnella imbricata, could prove useful for treating neuropathy and neuropathic pain.”
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Many people believe that pets are important to a healthy life and [...]
I recently started to look into “inclined therapy”. It is something I’d heard about several years ago but it kind of fell off my radar so a connection with Andrew Fletcher on Twitter brought it back to the forefront.
Inclined therapy is simply tilting the bed so that the head end is 15 cm or 6 [...]
By Judith Moser, MD
MILAN, Italy — June 23, 2009 — Patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) show early benefit from a new formulation of subcutaneous interferon (IFN) beta-1a as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), according to a study presented here at the 19th Meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS).
Nicola De Stefano, MD, [...]
Recently MS patient Jan Wilks began walking days after treatment with umbilical cord stem cells after years in a wheelchair. Coverage of her case in the press sparked a huge demand for more information on this new cutting edge treatment. Jan Wilks is only one of stem cell therapy’s success stories.
Stem Cell Treatment
Stem cell treatment [...]
Recently MS patient Jan Wilks began walking days after treatment with umbilical cord stem cells after years in a wheelchair. Coverage of her case in the press sparked a huge demand for more information on this new cutting edge treatment.
Jan Wilks is only one of stem cell therapy’s success stories.
Multiple Sclerosis – a Cure?
Stem cell [...]
Medication belonging to the corticosteroid class that includes methylprednisone, prednisone and dexamethasone reduce the inflammation inside the brain and spinal cord.
Prednisone and methylprednisone are both administered orally. They follow a treatment that relies on a high dose of intravenous methylprednisone for about four days during the attack of MS (IV treatment).
The purpose of corticosteroids use
The [...]
Mitoxantrone has been used in the past for prostate cancer and leukemia but latest research proved its immunosuppressant character and thus, its efficiency in dealing with MS. By reducing the activity of the immune system, mitoxantrone slows the activity of MS and decreases the frequency of relapses.
The treatment with this medicine once every three months [...]
Glatiramer acetate is a myelin like protein. Its means or the method it has to fight MS haven’t been totally figured, but it seems to act as an obstruction to the body’s attack over the myelin coat.
It is an injectable medicine applied beneath the skin every day. The pills containing the same substances have proved [...]
Tags: copaxone, glatiramer acetate, ms treatment, multiple sclerosis treatment, treatment side effectsBiogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) have announced interim results from an ongoing, one-year longitudinal health-outcomes study in which patients reported significantly higher levels of treatment satisfaction after three infusions with TYSABRI® (natalizumab) when compared to multiple sclerosis (MS) therapies used previously. The findings from the study, which were reported by [...]
