tysabri vs interferon

t take Copaxone, I would be trying another interferon before I went to the big guns filled with a higher risk factor. Save Tysabri for later..if those other things don't work. I used Rebif and found it easy to use. Shots just three times per week and I believe it has the smallest needle available for an interferon. \ Good luck!! Keep us posted.

It involves only one patient so far, and that patient is still alive. Despite ahving not used tysabri, they had used an interferon just before Gilenya, and steroids both before and during the Gilenya treatme t. Worth keeping an eye on this story, for sure.

If so, if your fearful of the Tysabri you can always go to Rebif, which is 44mg, or Betaseron 1ml vs. the 30mgs you are on w/the Avonex. And, there is always the daily Copax, which I'm sure you know has shown to work for some too - though by different mechanism than the interferons. If you stay w/interferons, least your body is already 5 months into them and it would just be an increase and sub-q. Did they treat your ON Jason?

m still OK Tysabri wise speaking. My neuro likes to reevaluate Tysabri use at 24 months. I had infusion # 18 last week. He thinks I would be an excellent candidate for Tecfidera. He said that if DMD'd were ranked from 1-100, in terms of 'power' Tysabri would be 100 and Tecfidera would be 75/80. As my MS seems to be pretty well under control. I may have needed Tysabri to get it under control. but Tecfidera should be able to keep it under control.

Morning! I'm looking for a little help researching anaphylaxis reaction with recombinant interferon beta 1a. I don't need the amount of cases in the reporting or if it has happened. I'm more-so seeking clinical/scientific case reports that discuss various testing mechanisms when hypersensitive or anaphylaxis reactions were though to be cause by the interferon.

My new neuro suggested Tysabri based on increased lesions on Interferon (Rebif). Any persons out there on Tysabri that could share their experience?

t do because of my kidneys. Then he suggested tysabri. My choice is not to attempt tysabri because of the chance of brain infection with my body making interferon and on the advice of someone dx'd with MS and living with MS for the past 30 years. So, now we are possibly looking at sandimmune or cellcept. Both anti-rejection drugs. Allergic? perhaps slightly to copaxone, sensitive to the side effects of others. What if you're allergic to beta?

You might find this of interest- I have always wondered why we startt out wit hthe weakest drugs to treat our MS instead of going at it as agressively as possible - Biogen Idec and Elan Submit Applications for First-Line Use of TYSABRI in anti-JCV Antibody Negative Patients with MS http://tinyurl.

I was asked if I was choosing a treatment for my MS, well no I was diagnose with MS over four years ago. The question was if there was any other treatments but interferon, my reason for asking is that I am 5' 7", 130 lbs and I really do not have enough 'flesh' to inject, so if the was other medication that can be take orally, I would really want to know.

interferon+tenofovir is the best option today, mono vs combo below: peginterferon: hbsag clearance at 1 year about 7-10% which increases to about 30% at 5-10years after intf is finished (intf effect remains after finished for years) tenofovir: 16% hbsag clearance at 3 years peginterferon+tenofovir: 24% hbsag clearance at 1 year sequential combination: 3 years of tenofovir and then interferon add on for 2 years: hbsag clearance about 40% first year, 50% hbsag decrease to very low levels aro

As of March 2008, more than 26,000 patients were on Tysabri® worldwide. Since the re-launch of Tysabri in July 2006, no new cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) have been reported. PML is an often-fatal viral infection of the brain. Data from the PLEX study suggest that plasma exchange may be an effective procedure for accelerating the removal of Tysabri from the blood if PML infection is suspected.

The doctor told me the treatment options with interferon but he suggested me to wait for some times and get treated with cortisols if acute symptoms flare up. The reason for his decition, he said that I have no so many puzzle. I have read so many aritcles suggestion to start interferone as early as as possibe and I sometimes think to force my doctor. On the other hand I also think the sever side effects of the drugs...

Hi everyone- My fiancé lives in Germany (German citizen) and I live in the US (US citizen). He has received monthly Tysabri infusions for two years. We really want to see if it’s feasible for him to move here vs. me moving there for a multitude of reasons. However, I am nervous that he would somehow end up with a doctor here that wouldn’t extend his monthly Tysabri...I’ve read multiple accounts of people getting 6 infusions or so, but he is indefinitely on Tysabri for RRMS.

Vader, can you please come back and shed some light on this....

I went for my 6 month followup on copaxone and post dx. The good news is that the copaxone seems to be "doing its job" cause no new lesions. Bad news is that I was dx'd pretty advanced with a bunch of lesions. They told me the damage I already have isn't going away. The rheumatologist wants to figure out a drug that will cover both the lupus and the ms. My neuro started talking about tysabri. It scares the **** out of me. I just looked it up.

I'm signed up to start Tysabri in the next couple weeks. My doctor really recommended it as he thinks it would be a good option for me. It's just kind of difficult for me to wrap my mind around because it seems like it's used more as a last resort rather than a first line of defense. This will be my first DMD, and I'm a little nervous. Is anyone else using this as a first DMD? What kind of side effects can I expect?

The injections only work 33% if started at the beginning stages of Relapsing Remitting MS. There is Tysabri an infusion and their are drug trials for oral medications. Sometimes they can even use chemo but it is rough stuff. Unfortunately to date these are the only proven treatments. Some people go to other countries to get stem cells. The problem is stem cells can't repair damage they can only in some cases slow future damage but usually only for awhile.

) He explained alot about Tysabri - truth vs hype. He is trying to do whatever he can to try to keep me from having more serious disability... he's very concerned apparently. Who knew? :) He has about 18 pts on it for the past 2 yrs... all have either improved or held steady, and these were his worst pts in terms of the MS. They explained some of the TOUCH progam to me.. Needless to say, I have alot of research to do so I can make an informed choice on what is best for me.

the original 3 cases of PML were indeed initially considered to be due to the use of Tysabri in conjunction with other treatments for MS, particularly interferon. After being withdrawn from the market, Tysabri was brought back under the TOUCH program (which is strictly controlled by the FDA), and the thought was that if Tysabri was used as a monotherapy, the risk for PML would not be as significant. Unfortunately, this proved not to be the case.

This person was previously on Tysabri for 3 years, and was JC positive. There is no information yet as to how long of a wash out period they had before starting Gilenya, how long they were on Gilenya before getting PML, what kind of symptoms they were experiencing, or any info yet about the condition of the patient.

S in Boston just to see where he would land on the Gilenya vs Tysabri question. Out of curiosity more than anything. I asked my neuro, isn't the point to prevent me from getting that bad to begin with? He agreed but led me through a methodical decision process re: staying on Copaxone, switching to an oral, and Tysabri. The whole risk vs reward thing.

Hi all, I recently went from 143lbs to 119lbs.... In a very short space of time, probably from so many relpases and probaly from the stress of a diagnosis. Shortly after Christmas my neurologist discontinued Copaxone becuase the injection sites almost as if it was not being absorbed. I had incredibly angry looking itchy patches. I stayed off a DMD for almost 3 months and thats how long it took for this flair up to go down.

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