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“The MS Society of Canada is working closely with the provincial and territorial governments, urging them to make quick and positive decisions to include Gilenya in their list of drugs for reimbursement under their public drug plans.” MS patient and CCSVI activist Christoper Alkenbrack of Wolfville, Nova Scotia expresses cynicism about the pace the process has played out.

Every provincial and territorial government in Canada has programs in place to provide Canadians with MS access to DMDs, in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Canada Health Act. Please provide your input to help ensure we retain funding for access to these important medications. Frankly I'm cynical and distrustful of PM Harper and the PCs, particularly in light of the recent omnibus bill (C-45), and this government commissioned survey makes me rather nervous......

Rituxan also has a PML risk, however, unlike in RA patients, or MS patients on Tysabri, the risk for MS patients on it who are JCV+ is incredibly small. Like less than 1 in 10,000.

s re-purposing of their chemo drug to be used for MS as Lemtrada, you will be interested to read it appears the FDA had brought that plan to a screeching halt . http://www.businessweek.

He reiterated that point yesterday. There are pluses and minuses to all MS meds. For me a big Tysabri plus is that I only have to deal with it once every 4 weeks. The thought of daily or weekly self injections was not all that appealing to me. Right before I saw my neuro yesterday I saw my naturopathic doc. Her office is two doors down from his, in the same MS practice. They work together and each is aware of what is being discussed with the other.

So the UCSF trip was great and the specialist and I had a big talk about Tysabri and agreed it is the best treatment for me short term until the MS oral treatment comes out. We talked about the Touch program you have to be involved in with Tysabri and that I would have to come back at 3mo, and then every 6 mo. I thought "great, our friends have a nice house 1 mi from the hospital this will be wonderful" plus I would be able to be seen by the specialists again.

I would hate to go back to what I was before tysabri. I am seeing ms specialist dec 31st to see what my options are for dmd. I wont go back to shots and not happy with side effect profile from tec. I was hoping lemtrada would been approved by now as I would try that.

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Lemtrada is a monoclonal antibody, similar to Tysabri and Rituxan. Like Rituxan it is administered via annual infusion. Lemtrada is approved for sale in the European Union, Australia and Canada. http://www.businessweek.

However, she was also told that if she were to stop tysabri she was pretty much guaranteed to have an attack of the MS. She has an agressive form of MS and other medications don't seem to work. We haven't seen much improvement with tysabri, but at least she hasn't had anymore attacks while on it. Can anyone shed more light on this for me? I was hoping to gather more information on this if anyone has it. Please let me know! Thanks!

I'm not on Tysabri, but want to bump this up so that your message doesn't get lost. My sister is on Tysabri, which she's been on for two years now. Her MS is not behaving like someone that has RRMS, as her MS is more like a train that keeps barreling down the tracks and is unable to be stopped. She was on Rebif for a year and she experienced a sharp decline over the course of the year. She started Tysabri, and her disease has slowed, but it's by no means stable.

However, I will try to provide you with some information regarding rituximab in MS. I will say though that as you know, the goal of therapies for MS is to prevent relapses and accumulation of lesions in the brain and spine. While being off medications for a few weeks or even months is probably not detrimental, in the long term, it is optimal for patients who can tolerate the side effects of MS medications to be on them.

The research side of my MS Practice has identified a CSF biomarker for disease activity. The research is featured on the cover of this month's Multiple Sclerosis Journal. http://tischms.org/news/tisch-ms-breakthrough-biomarker-research-featured-cover-article-october-2013-issue-multiple I'm a beneficiary of this discovery. I had been on Tysabri for 20 months. At 18 Months I converted to JCV +, and we discussed switching from Tysabri to Tecfidera.

MS is different for each of us, but if you are familiar with the 5 stages of death, MS runs along the same parallel, but we can go in and out of them and not in any particular order. Denial is my favorite when I am feeling good and have been good for awhile. My latest neuro thinks I've had MS since 1981 (no MRI then) and I went thru 3-4 before finding this one, 3 states away, and won't give him up for anything.

I do not have typical ms, but a variant that is still clinically not diagnosed. I have a great neuro @ Stanford & he is recommending I start on Tysabri ASAP. I read up about the JC virus, and regardless plan to begin treatment next week. I don't know anyone with ms or ms variants so I want to know more about Tysabri from people who are on it or have used it. What is your experience? Pros/cons? I have read about side effects but I want to hear your thoughts & how it made you feel.

Natalizumab (Tysabri) is licensed for use in the UK and has been approved for treatment on the NHS for those meeting the NICE recommendations (rapidly evolving, severe, relapsing remitting MS). People who are currently receiving treatment with Tysabri, but for whom treatment would not be recommended under the NICE guidelines will have the option to continue therapy until they and their physicians consider it appropriate to stop. What is the 'Risk Sharing Scheme'?

I hope you will take the time when you feel up to it and post some details about your MS and treatment with Tysabri. It could be helpful to others. Again, welcome!

This is regarding my previous post about the more aggressive route my neuro may want to take (Novantrone), should he take me off Rebif permanently. I've been considering the alternatives (Copaxone, Tysabri, etc), AND, Ess's suggestion of getting a second opinion. I had the thought that, if I'm going to pursue another opinion, I think I ought to stick with MS specialists. I have dealt with a couple of other good neuros I could contact, but neither deals exclusively with MS.

Recently diagnosed with MS (November) and they are starting me with the drug Tysabri. Trying to find out what to expect and if it is helping others with their symptoms? All new to this, really have no idea what I need to know or ask? Just looking for someone with some insight on what I will experience.

If I were on a MS drug it would be $125 a month. I do not know about Tysabri. My Insurance has paid over $100,000 for my Cancer Clinical Trial . I owe about $4,000 so far this year. I have to pay $70 every time I go in which is 5 times at least every month. That does not count towards the $4,000 I owe. I qualify for no assistance from anyone. I spent over $10,000 on medical last year not counting my insurance premiums. I am glad to have insurance or I would be dead right now.

Hi BL- Welcome to Our Merry Band :-) I was diagnosed 2 years ago, at age 51, with SPMS. My first, and up until a week ago my only, DMD was Tysabri. When I was diagnosed we were able to connect seemingly random events over the previous 20 years. What seemed completely unrelated was related. All were symptoms of MS. Because I'd had MS for so long my doc thought I was out of reach of the injectables. At the time the orals were just starting to come on the market.

While having a couple of steroid infusions I got talking with a few Tysabri regulars who see each other every month. One woman told me she had been an MS mess before Ty, and after starting the drug she had had absolutely no more MS problems. Lots of people here would say the same. The only issue is whether you are JC negative, which I presume you are. You go, girl!

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