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I cannot advise you how to get into a clinical trial in USA, but I am in an oral drug trial in England and I have kept a detailed journal of my journey and all the appointments if you look me up! This will give you some idea of the commitment and time involved..allthough of course every trial is different and will have a different protocol.

i had been diagonised with multiple sclerosis in the year 2001. now i am not able to walk. i am also not able to see clearly. my speech is also not clear. i think my type of ms is primary progressive since my condition has worsened gradually. pl suggest some medicines or other alternative therapy.

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15 Dec 2008 - 0:00 PST www. medicalnewstoday .com/articles/132947. php "FTY720 (fingolimod), an experimental oral drug for relapsing MS is more effective than current treatments according to new research reported today. The trial, called TRANSFORMS, is the first of three studies of FTY720 to report. TRANSFORMS was a one year study involving 1,292 participants receiving either 0.5 mg or 1.25 mg FTY720 or interferon beta-1a (Avonex).

FTY720 once-daily 0.5 mg has the potential to be the first oral therapy for relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS)." http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.

The name of the new oral drug for MS is Gilenya. Are you an MS patient? If so , welcome to our forum ! Let us know what we can do to help.

Thanks for posting this. I am going to find out more about it.

One of them said it is all due to ur anxiety ( Cause i do not have any bladder problems and dizziness, numbness tingling all is due to anxiety) but one said its Multiple Sclerosis+ anxiety. My MRI and EEG were clear. Currently i have high frequency of muscle tingling through out my body only when i am lying on bed plus i see double vision of any statement especially ( white in colour) on TV and laptop. Is it MS? Should I start taking Med for MS or just let it be and hope it will go away?

16 Apr 2009 - 3:00 PDT www. medicalnewstoday .com/articles/146211.php Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that surveyed neurologists anticipate that less than 30 percent of their use of emerging oral agents --- Merck Serono's oral cladribine, Novartis/Mitsubishi Pharma's fingolimod (FTY-720) --- for the treatment of multiple sclerosis will be in the first line.

My sister, aged 27, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (an autoimmune nervous disease) about 3 years ago and I have read that the chances of a sibling of someone with MS developing the disease is about 2-20%. I have not been diagnosed with MS, nor do I have any symptoms of the disease. However, because of my risk, DO YOU THINK ADDITIONAL HIV TESTING IS WARRANTED OUT TO 12 MONTHS OR LATER? (possible delayed seroconversion?

Primary Progressive, Relapse-Free Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Drug Masitinib Still In Phase 2b/3 Testing http://bionews-tx.

//www.medhelp.org/posts/Multiple-Sclerosis/Oral-steroids-Vs-IV-for-a-relapse/show/1096734 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Multiple-Sclerosis/Methylprednisolone-Oral-Course-for-Exacerbations/show/617994 However, I understand that you're in a bind over this. You can't very well dictate treatment to a neuro and expect to have a good future relationship. I don't suppose there's any way you could go to an ER?

Phase II study extension shows 68-73% of patients with multiple sclerosis remained relapse-free after three years of treatment with oral FTY720[1] New data demonstrate 89% of patients free from active brain lesions - the injury caused by MS - three years after starting treatment[1] FTY720 regulatory filings planned before end of 2009 in US and EU" For more info: http://www.novartis.com/newsroom/media-releases/en/2008/1209064.

//www.medhelp.

I believe this was tried for PPMS. Also, I think there is currently a study looking at the oral drug Fingolimod in PPMS.

my sister (24) was diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis in 2010, responded to steroid. now she suffered sudden & complete loss of vision in her left eye. she has been put on SOLUMEDROL. please suggest any available treatment modalities world over ? chances of return of vision ??

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