@D1970 

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D1970

ocrevus

Hi, I'm a 49 year old man diagnosed with MS in August this year. My MS is most likely primary progressive and I have just been told I can start Ocrevus treatment next year. I'm getting pretty worried looking at the list of potential side effects and am wondering if anyone here has personal experience of being on Ocrevus. Thanks
@Stumbler

@d1970 , all the Disease Modifying Therapies (DMTs) are powerful treatments, each with a risk profile and a list of potential side-effects. These side-effects have been identified within the clinical trials of the drug, whether they were directly caused by the drug or not. Therefore, not everyone will experience these side-effects, You just have to weigh up the unpredictable risks of MS against the known risks of the Ocrevus. You will be monitored to mitigate the risk of the Ocrevus, whilst you can do nothing to protect yourself from untreated MS.

@ItsMewithMS

There are a lot of people on this forum on Ocrevus and I understand it is the most common DMT prescribed for the newly diagnosed according to one of Aaron Boster's you tube videos. If you check out his material on You Tube he review most of the DMTs on the market and is pretty positive on it. I just started it in September. If you click on the tag on the bottom of your post you will see other posts related to it or use the little magnifying glass in the upper left to search for more- Good luck! During infusion I had a bit of rash on one cheek and an earlobe got red so they halted infusion for like 15 minutes and then started it back up. In the second infusion no issues at the time or afterwards.