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Q: Chemotherapy for Multiple Sclerosis
asked by: pantonia on July 1st, 2009
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Hello,

My brother in law was diagnosed with MS 4 years ago, he has had 6 attacks since then, and the last 2 were this jan 2009 and may 2009. For his attacks he gets treated at the hospital with corticoids. He did not recover well from his last attack and will be submitted to the hospital again today. (June) He is currently on Interferon, but it seems it is not working. They are considering quimotherapy for him, in your opinion is this the right course of action, is there anything between interferon and quimotherapy? Where in the US are the best doctors for MS?
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kdlee
replied on July 4th, 2009
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Hi and welcome to the forum..I have a friend who has Lupus and the next step for her will be Chemo..Hard thing to deal with..The body is attacking itself and then you add chemo. that destroys- with the hopes it will stop the attack..At some point you go please let something work..I am on Methotrexate another form of excessive need to try to stop the body attacking itself..We each do what we have to and pray it works..
I know here in Ky we have a facility that is for full rehab..it has helped many people..Unfortuantgely though like all autoimmune diseases-MS will wax and wane...Best bet will be to go online and research and go from there..Honestly there is no easy answer..I hope whatever he decides to do that it works for him..
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moreno446
replied on July 22nd, 2009
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ms and chemo
My husband was on betaseron for 5 years with no real results, he did chemo treatments once every 3 months for a year. The result was amazing, he's walking better and shaking alot less and was able to go on copaxone.
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kdlee
replied on July 24th, 2009
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Moreno that is great to know..Will elt my friend know as well..
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