[wagglebee]

The time to the first relapse was stretched to 213 days from 80 days, Teva said.

That sounds promising.

[wagglebee]

MS Ping.

[wouldntbprudent]

Has anyone heard of this drug being used for systemic inflammatory diseases, such as Lupus or RA?

[lindor]

Yes, it really does. Other than the cost of the med itself, I can't find any downside in the story.

[LasVegasMac]

Study finds that high dose of MS drug works better

Oh great.

Now Bill Gates is pushing drugs.......although, come to think of it, might be handy when dealing with some of the MS apps / OS's.

[cgk]

Thank you so much for the ping, wagglebee! :)

MS ping!

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[cgk]

This does sound promising. Higher doses in certain drugs do seem to be less detrimental than previously thought we keep hearing.

Rebif, the drug I was prescribed, is IIRC, a higher dose of the same drug in Beta Seron, one of the ABC-R drugs for MS (avonex, beta seron, copaxone, and rebif). The neuros when I was diagnosed 5 years ago pushed me towards Beta Seron, but honestly the side effects scared the beejezus out of me. When Rebif was approved for use in the USA a couple years later, I read up on it, and while it had many of the same yucky side effects, it sounded much better for what I was experiencing.