@Blagaman182 

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Blagaman182

DMT HELP

Help! have to decide what DMT’s I’m going on next week and it seems like a minefield! Iv had 1 not so pleasant relapse and another barley noticeable relapse in the last 6 years. I’m not overly keen on injecting myself but my nurse said would probably be more like an Epps pen? I have GERD so anything that’s going to upset that is probably a no go! Any help would be really appreciated with any advice on side effects! P.s I have looked into taking an Iv drip once a year as my nurse said this will be available anyone got any experience in this?
@Stumbler

@blagaman182 , it is a bit of a minefield, which is why it would be nice to be given a hand with the navigation. It needs to be a joint decision between you and your Neuro/MS Nurse. The present thinking is to hit MS hard and fast, with the most effective treatments. The alternative is to start slowly and step up as you accumulate further MS damage. The injectables are the original Disease Modifying Therapies (DMTs). They are regarded as first-line treatments and are the least effective. The only annual infusion treatment is Lemtrada (five daily infusions in year 1 then 3 daily infusions in year 2). Although this DMT is not presently being offered. Have a look at this "Decision Aid" and see if it helps :- https://www.mstrust.org.uk/about-ms/ms-treatments/ms-decisions-aid

@Blagaman182

@stumbler thankyou! I have been told by my ms nurse that lemtrada is now being offered and is on the ms decisions website that you’ve kindly linked to which I have been on before to compare. I really wish there was more evidence to what is most effective.