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Articles OnMultiple Sclerosis Treatments Multiple Sclerosis Treatments Multiple Sclerosis Treatments There's no cure for multiple sclerosis (MS), but medicines and lifestyle changes can help you manage the disease. Work closely with your doctor to find the treatment that's best for you and causes the fewest side effects. If you have a type of multiple sclerosis called relapsing-remitting MS and your condition is acting up, your doctor may first treat you with a disease-modifying drug. These medicines slow down the advance of your disease and prevent flare-ups. The drugs work by curbing the immune system -- your body's main defense against germs -- so that it doesn't attack the protective coating called myelin that surrounds the nerves. Some drugs come as injections under your skin or into a muscle. The shot might make your skin sore, red, itchy, or dimply. They include: Beta interferons: These are some of the most common drugs used to treat MS. They ease the severity and frequency of flares. They can also cause flu-like symptoms, like aches, fatigue, fever, and chills, but these should fade within a few months. They may make you slightly more likely to get an infection. Thats because they lower the number … Continue reading →

Is Sleep Really More Important For MS Patients? Quite simply? Yes. It is. If you asked me the most important thing someone with multiple sclerosis should do, I would say to ensure they get good sleep. Even if they do nothing else as part of their treatment plan (and to be clear: I would never recommend good sleep as their only treatment recommendation), it’s incredibly important that MS patients get good sleep, preferably at least seven to nine hours of solid, sound sleep. What do I mean by solid, sound sleep? I mean you fall asleep and stay asleep. Of course, that can be incredibly difficult for MS patients, who may suffer from pain, spasticity, anxiety, bladder issues, and even the actual effects of MS on the brain—all things that can make good sleep more difficult. But Why Is Sleep So Important? Quite simply, sleep affects every part of everything in your body. Sleep affects your energy levels, sure, but also your pain, weight, skin, even your heart. Sleep helps determine your mental state, as it influences your moods, memory, decision-making processes, ability to concentrate, your judgment, even your reaction times. Sleep is the hidden engine for your brain. It … Continue reading →

MayoClinic.com have a weekly general interest e-newsletter that keeps you up to date on a wide variety of health topics. Multiple sclerosis (MS) has no cure. Treatment usually focuses on strategies to treat MS attacks, manage symptoms and reduce the progress of the disease. Some people have such mild symptoms that no treatment is necessary. Strategies to treat attacks Plasma exchange (plasmapheresis). This procedure removes some blood from your body and mechanically separates your blood cells from your plasma, the liquid part of your blood. Doctors then mix your blood cells with a replacement solution and return the blood to your body. Plasma exchange sometimes may be used to help combat severe symptoms of multiple sclerosis relapses in people who aren't responding to intravenous steroids. Strategies to slow progress of the disease Fingolimod (Gilenya). An oral medication given once daily, this works by trapping immune cells in lymph nodes. It may reduce attacks of MS and short-term disability. To take this drug, you'll need to have your heart rate monitored for six hours after the first dose because the first dose can slow your heartbeat (bradycardia). You'll also need to be immune to the chickenpox virus (varicella-zoster virus). Other side … Continue reading →

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Multiple Sclerosis Research Treatment and Education (MS Research) is a national charity dedicated to furthering our understanding of MS and developing better treatments. We believe research is vital in order to: Through research we are: Looking forward to seeing the back of MS! Click to download the MS Research leaflet Click to download the MS Research Newsletter To subscribe to our newsletter please email: info@ms-research.org.uk and we will add you to our mailing list. Find us on Facebook and Twitter or Google+ Do you have MS? Do you live in the Bristol area? Do you have MS related fatigue? Most people who have MS complain of fatigue. In collaboration with the University of Bristol and The CRIC (Clinical Research and Imaging Centre) MS Research is supporting a preliminary study to try and help us understand more about fatigue and MS. If you would like to know more please call 0117 958 6986 or contact info@ms-research.org.uk Please click on the images below for up to date news on MS Research, upcoming fundraising events and further info on how you can support us Click here for our latest news. Read More Would you like to attend a 2017 Fatigue Management course delivered … Continue reading →

There comes a turning point when everything changes. You find the inner strength to cast a new beginning and the right expertise to get healthier, more resilient. The chaos of cycling through addiction and pain is over. Our sole priority at Turning Point in Southaven, Mississippi is to help you attain lasting freedom from drug and alcohol addiction and or mental health. Youll have our lifelong support for your recovery and expert guidance from physicians and psychotherapists with proven mastery in addiction and behavioral health care. To ensure the best outcomes, we emphasize research-proven treatment such as our medically-managed Suboxone program to help detox from opiates, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), which teaches practical skills to help you thrive in recovery, and Cognitive counseling to help build self-esteem and confidence. Our individualized counseling with some of the top therapists around sets us apart from most rehab centers that only offer group counseling. Turning Point has empowered hundreds of families to restore hope and balance in their lives. We invite you to join our growing recovery community and rediscover the possibilities for a happier, more abundant life. Our brand new facility not only offers cutting-edge medical treatment but also focuses on holistic … Continue reading →

Research and anecdotal experiences aredemonstratingthat using a low dose of the FDA-approved drug Naltrexone (generally ~1/12th of a standard dose) is helpful in treating many immune system disorders. LDNers.org is dedicated to increasing accessibility to unbiased information in order to help more patients with immune conditions improve their quality oflife, and their health, through the use of Low Dose Naltrexone. LDNers.org was originally started by SammyJo in 2004, an MS patient who experienced remarkable recovery from MS misery through the use of Low Dose Naltrexone, in order to confirm that others were seeing the same positive results that she was. Over the next 12 years, thousands of LDNers contributed their experiences, and the community she built as well as the surveys she has conducted have helped encourage new scientific interest and academic research. Today, LDNers.org is maintained by a small group of people with autoimmune disorders who have similarly experienced remarkable recovery thanks to Low Dose Naltrexone. Read more: LDNers.org Information on LDN (Low Dose Naltrexone), a ... … Continue reading →

In an effort to continue to expand community-based services, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) is under way with the development of four additional Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) Teams. The new teams will be operating in Mississippis Gulf Coast region, the Hattiesburg region, DeSoto County and to the Jackson Metro area. Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources will operate the teams in the Hattiesburg and coastal counties, Timber Hills Mental Health Services will operate the team in DeSoto County and Hinds Behavioral Health Services will operate the team based in Jackson. PACT is an individual-centered, recovery-oriented, mental health service delivery model for facilitating community living, psychological rehabilitation and recovery for persons who have the most severe and persistent mental illnesses and have not benefited from traditional outpatient services. We have developed a motto with our PACT teams, and that is Whatever it takes, said Andrew Day, Director of Adult Services in the DMH Bureau of Community Mental Health Services. Thats what we do. Its all about the individuals were serving. The teams figure out how to deliver services in the best way possible to each individual. These four new teams will be in addition to the two DMH … Continue reading →

According to a study conducted at the Mayo Clinic in America, a human gut bacteria discovered by researchers may help treat autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). The Mayo research team worked with researchers from the University of lowa to test gut microbial samples from patients on a mouse model of MS. They tested three strains of bacteria, but one microbe, called Prevotella histicola, particularly stood out because its ability to effectively supress immune disease in the preclinical MS model. Researchers discovered that Prevotella histicola, which is cultured from the human intestine, caused a decrease in two types of pro-inflammatory cells. It was also found to increase families of cells that fight disease, such as T-cells, dendritic cells and a type of macrophage. Joseph Murray, M.D., a Mayo Clinic Gastroenterologist and Senior Author of the article, said: If we can use the microbes already in the human body to treat human disease beyond the gut itself, we may be onto a new era of medicine. We are talking about bugs as drugs. Dr. Murray coined the term brug to refer to this approach. Although this discovery is in the very early stages and is not yet a proven treatment, … Continue reading →

There is no known cure for fibromyalgia or multiple sclerosis.Both are life-altering and have similar symptoms. New advancements in science and technology have producednew treatments and exercises that can help remedy symptoms of these disorders. Similarities and differences in symptoms Multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia are similar, yetdifferent, diseases. Theyhave similar symptoms, which can make a proper diagnosis difficult. According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 400,000 Americans currently suffer from MS. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 4million Americans havefibromyalgia. Women are two to three times more likely to develop MS or fibromyalgia than men, according to reports from the CDC and healthline.com. Overlapping symptoms include chronic pain, chronic fatigue, depression, anxiety, headaches, systemic lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and memory issues. In addition to these symptoms, both have uniquesymptoms. A person with fibromyalgia may experience mood swings, sleep disorders and nausea, while those with MS can havedifficulty walking, slurred speech and vision problems. Diagnosis Currently, there is little known about fibromyalgia other than it is a musculoskeletal disease that increases a persons sensitivity to pain. Itwas not considered to be a disease by the American Medical Association until 1987, which contributes to the more limited research. A New York Times … Continue reading →