Oral MS Drugs Promising - Studies

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:08:00 +0000

Friday Jan 22, 2010 (foodconsumer.org) -- According to three studies published Jan 21 in the New England Journal of Medicine, experimental drugs Fingolimod and Cladribine,

Sherri

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:55:38 +0000

I am a disabled nurse with MS. I have been on the conventional medications (Avonex, Copaxone and Tysabri) over the past three and a half years with little to no success.

I started on a pill called low-dose naltrexone (LDN) eight months ago. Naltrexone is a medication approved by the FDA for drug and alcohol addiction. In smaller doses, it has been found to "up-regulate" the immune system by shutting off the endorphins between 2 - 4 AM. It is used off-label for MS, as well as other autoimmune diseases.

I take 4.5mg each night before I go to sleep. The great thing about LDN is there are no side effects like the ones mentioned above. Plus, it has given me more energy, I'm able to walk further distances with my cane, and I regained feeling throughout my body. It has kept me exacerbation-free and the latest MRI conducted in November showed no new progression.

So as far as I'm concerned, there is a pill out there for people with MS and other autoimmune diseases that stop progression. I encourage others to look into LDN. Do a Google search; go to some of the Yahoo groups and Facebook groups. You will find quite a lot of information on it. Then talk to your doctor about it. I did, and she prescribed the medication for me.