Aubagio Receives Label Update from FDA
With more study results at their fingertips the FDA has news for multiple sclerosis patients taking Aubagio. Clinically Isolated Syndrome or CIS “is defined as…
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Tecifdera Receives New Warnings & Precaution
In December 2014 the FDA added warnings of PML, lymphopenia, anaphylaxis, and angioedema to Tecfidera’s drug label according to the ms-coalition.org. PML is a serious…
iConquerMS.org Needs You!
Image researchers with access to big data on multiple sclerosis patients right at their fingertips, well at least 20,000 sets of data as per the…
Preparing for Secondary-Progressive MS
Finding out 80% of RRMS patients progress into SPMS was shocking to me. I always knew there was a chance of such progression; I just…
Knowledge is Power – Be Prepared
Facts are facts and the fact is that 80% of those diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) will eventually become secondary-progressive MS patients. MS progression…
Hurt, Hurt, Hurt – MS Pain
Fixing dinner tonight I felt pain throughout my body. What the heck? Don’t tell me I forgot to take my pain pill again. Darn! As…
Researchers Breakthrough JCVirus & PML for 1st Time
PML is the brain infection caused by the JCVirus and in most recent years has been seen in multiple sclerosis patients with suppressed immune systems….
Dear Little Miss Clumsy
I have had MS for 20 years. I, too, was told not to read anything about it. Easier to do back then given the lack…
Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases
Ann Romney is campaigning again only this time she is looking for donations for the newly established Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases. $50 million…
Tecfidera Linked to PML Death
It seems a patient suffering from severe lymphopenia for 3.5 years has died of pneumonia recently and is believed to have been the first PML…