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@BronwynMogridge 

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BronwynMogridge

LEMTRADA TREATMENT

Hi All I was diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS in 2013, the neurological consultant at the disease modifying clinic I have gone to has suggested I do the Lemtrada treatment. At first it sounded like great but once researching it and seeing the severe side effects you could get it has scared me a lot to go this route. Has anyone done this treatment and if so, what is your opinion on it and did the side affects scare you too? Thanks Bronwyn
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@Stumbler
@Stumbler
 

@bronwynmogridge , there has been a lot of conversation over the last few months about this treatment. The consensus of opinion is that the side effects of Lemtrada become insignificant when you consider what MS can do to you. It has been described as, "the closest thing to a cure, without calling it a cure" The following link will take you to most of those conversations:- https://shift.ms/category/treatment/lemtrada

@Harconan
@Harconan
 

I have had Lemtrada last year the worst sideffects I had was the week of treatment. I slept almost the whole 8 hrs of treatment then I had diahera. However the weeks post treatment I started feeling better. You will have to watch getting sick because it lowers immune system On all that I haven't had any new lesions and the doc has said some of them have reduced in size. My doc told me I have advanced RRMS I was having relapses every 3 to 6 months. I have been relapse free for almost a year now. I get it again this July. I'm happy with the decision made and hope this helps you. Ryan