@mandy1979 

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mandy1979

Choosing my drugs.. Help!

Hey guys, I'm looking for some advice on which drugs to choose. I'm all new to this MS malarkey, diagnosed in November past after a bad flare up in August. I never had any symptoms before that I knew off but they found old lesion and two new ones in spinal cord so he diagnosed me then and there. I'm lucky I was never really in limbo land but getting the diagnosis was a kick in the teeth. Any advice would be appreciated.. Mandy
@StephZ

Hi @mandy1979 I found the MS Trust decisions toll very good - since you can answer some questions and it narrows things donw for you: https://www.mstrust.org.uk/ms-decisions-1 Once you have narrowed it down use the search on here ro see what people have been saying about the different drugs. My neurologist told me to pick something that suits my lifestyle so take that into account when looking at the way the treatment is done - injectin vs tablets vs infusion. For example I travel a lot for work - sometimes on short notice so I opted for Tecfidera since I can carry that easily with me and don't have to worry about discussions at aiports about needles or storing it in a cool place. You might also want to give the latest brain health report a read: https://www.msbrainhealth.org/report If you are looking for research papers (via google scholar for example) and can't access them try a plug-in called unpaywall that finds openly accessible versions of papers (if available) if not you can always ask me - I'm a researcher at a university and can access some papers that way.

@Stumbler

@mandy1979 , it's still early days for you, so take your time with any decisions. I can't find fault with the advice above from @stephz .