Multiple Sclerosis Medication

Before I was born my granddad had a disease called Addison's disease. He lived with it until he died at the age of 85. When they first diagnosed him he almost died because of the disease. My family had to move to be closer to some doctors that new more about Addison's disease. From what I know it has to do with your adrenal gland not working right. I tell you all this because at the time he was diagnosed it was a bad disease to have. But with time and research they created some medication that did not cure him but made it so all he had to do is take a pill every day and everything was fine. I believe this could be the case some day with multiple sclerosis. It would be great if I could just take a pill everyday and then I would fill fine. Maybe I would not have balance issues or be very weak. Maybe I would not have vision problems. That could be the future. A pill a day keeps the MS away.

In today's world I take a medication called Copaxone. Everyday I give myself a shot. It is considered a good drug. They have made some good progress with the research on MS. There are other drugs besides Copaxone. Avonex is another medication. With Avonex you give yourself a shot once a week. Yet another medication is Tysabri. Here you get the drug through an iv once every four weeks. My doctor is talking about me switching to Tysabri some day. They have good results with all of these drugs. So I guess I can say I now am more hopeful of the future. I do not have to end up in a wheelchair. Someday I can take a pill and everything will be okay.