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Q: betaseron treatment
asked by: DoleDevotion on May 2nd, 2008
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Hi everyone. I have a friend that was very recntly diagnosed with MS based on a bout of optic neuritis and an MRI that showed a few inactive lesions and one active one. Since I heard the news, I've been doing some reading up, but there are still a lot of questions that I have.

First of all, my friend is female, 27 years old and she had some double vision about a year ago that her physician considers to be probably her first episode. Her doctor put her immediatley on betaseron injections, and from what I have heard from her, he didn't really present her with other options. I haven't really seen too many people talking about betaseron. Anybody have experience with it and how it worked for them, expecially anyone that took it newly diagnosed? Anyone have any recommendations for treatment for someone newly diagnosed that doesn't know how their MS will really be affecting them?
Does anybody have anything that they regret doing or not doing when they were first diagnosed or that they would change if they could go back and do so?
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Dr. Nikola
replied on May 9th, 2008
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Betaseron is immunomodulating medicine that is used to prevent further episodes of MS. Corticosteroids as immunosuppressive drugs are also used especially for overcoming the acute attacks of MS. Physical therapy is also used.
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mintjulip
replied on May 13th, 2009
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I am 37 and was diagnosed in 2000. I too use the betaseron and started it immediately after being diagnosed. I am doing well on the drug, except for redness at injection sites!
no flare-ups!
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