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lotusp

Treatment Finally

So guys finally moving forward with treatment, after being diagnosed for 4months now im finally getting treatment yay! My nurse has said to start off with first line therapies which i assume is like the beta inferons and copaxone. Also because im only 21 and alot of the other dugs have harsher side affects like thyroid problems, PML etc. I think its best for me if i start off with something milder maybe (still not 100% sure). Initially i wanted Lemtrada but the thyroid thing n me wanting to have kids in the nxt 2/3 years really put me off. Now im looking at either Avonex/Copaxone but again the copaxone lipoatrophy things a bit of a put off as is the avonex hair loss... any advice from users pleaseee ?
@Sewing-chick

I'm very much enjoying the relief from some of my symptoms that I have had from Cladribine. There are no side effects (as far as I know). Like Lemtrada, you have a course of injections, another course after 4 weeks and a repeat a year later. No thyroid problems associated with this one. Unfortunately, the only place that's licenced to give it as a treatment for MS is Barts hospital in London. My other experiences are of: 1) Tysabri, which didn't seem to do much for me and made me worse for about 5 days after each infusion - I wouldn't recommend (especially with PML risk - I contracted JC virus while on Ty); 2) Gilenya, seemed to help without side effects, but I was only on it for 6 weeks - I have an idea the effects might fade over time.

@hope33

Hi there - If you do decide to use Copaxone, try and manually inject as opposed to using the autoinject. Manually injecting gives you less bumps, itching and less risk of lipoatrophy . I have been using Copaxone for 3 months now and so far I haven't had much in the way of site reactions. All the best