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antrim98

rebif, tecfidera?

Hello all, I'm going to change to tecfidera from rebif next month I'm looking for any advice from fellow ms rebels, cross country runners or anyone else. Any advice good or bad would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
@Vixen

Hi there, well, I am lucky that I’ve never had side effects but I’m sure you will have read that there can be side effects. It can be alarming to experience flushing but it passes. The most important thing you can know, is that you must take it with food. And the food should be a balance containing fat and protein. I struggled because I’ve never eaten breakfast and I’m veggie so was limited. But muesli and full fat milk worked well for me. Some people have toast and peanut butter. Now, for breakfast I have Greek Yogurt, fruit and tons and tons of nuts. I can’t remember what the guidelines are but you should leave more than 7 hours between doses and ideally, space them 12 hours apart. If you miss, never take 2 to make up for missing. If you work, keep a spare at work . 5ere are lots of posts on here if you put Tec in the search box. Good luck!

@grandma

Hi there antrim98 am on Tecfidera, have been on it 9 weeks after 23 years on Beta Infero. It has been good so far, slight flushing in first 3 weeks, slight squirts in week 5 all gone now feeling good, biggest problem us remembering to take evening tablet. Hope all goes well😍Jill