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Enxsjp

Overcoming MS diet and Ocrevus

Good morning, It's me again! I hope everyone is OK. A couple of questions, if I may? - Has anyone tried the Overcoming MS diet and is it any good? I'm interested being as healthy as I can be, but wanted to know if anyone else had tried it. - Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) - Early this year I suffered a bad relapse (my third this year) in April which lead to a loss of mobility in my legs. I feel I am slowly beginning to recover, although I still need walking sticks, frames and a wheelchair to get around. The team don't know whether this is my new baseline or not, so I'm taking as much advice and help as I can. However, the neurologist suggested I change my medication from Tecfidera to Ocrevus to help fight future relapses. I have a blood test scheduled for Ocrevus in late November. Has anyone changed from Tecfidera to Ocrevus? Any issues or problems and does it work? I'm a bit nervous changing from a oral medication to infusion, but I guess if it reduces the relapses, it is worth shot. As ever, thank you for listening. Best wishes, Shaman
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@Highlander
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Hi under your post above you'll see some boxes relating to some of the things that you mentioned, click on them and it'll take you to other posts made about it. Hope it all goes well for you 😀

@Mlgilber1
@Mlgilber1
 

I was on Tecfidera, but only a month when I had a bad relapse so I switched to Ocrevus. So far I really like it. I’ve had my half doses and 2 full doses. My MRI is finally stable with no new lesions or active ones. Also, a lot of my symptoms improved after starting. My balance before Ocrevus was horrible and I needed a walker to get around, but haven’t needed it since starting. No super bad side effects except I usually do get infusion reactions, but they always treat me with extra meds and it goes away. Also, a couple months after starting I did get shingles and a UTI since it does lower the immune system, but haven’t had issues since. Another thing is that about a month before my next infusion I’ll get bad fatigue which isn’t uncommon I guess. A lot of people I’ve spoken to have told me that it gets less and less with each infusion. Overall I still think it was a good decision to make the switch.