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?
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.
