Botox injections have been approved to treat spasticity and bladder problems in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) for years. It’s encouraging to see pediatric-onset MS receiving more attention and approval for medications. As MS is being diagnosed earlier and earlier, I hope that we’ll see even more of this.
The agency is still reviewing the use of Botox for treating lower limb spasticity in children, with a decision expected during the fourth quarter of 2019.
This Canadian study illustrates why more attention needs to be paid to MS in children. It reports, among other things, that MS children were about 15 times more likely to be hospitalized compared with other children, and rates of ambulatory physician visits were nearly five times higher.
The burden in treating children with multiple sclerosis (MS) in terms of hospitalizations and doctor visits is extremely high, especially in the first year after diagnosis, a study from Canada reports.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved Mavenclad (cladribine) to treat relapsing-remitting MS and active secondary progressive MS. A study conducted prior to that approval found that patients with relapsing forms of MS maintained a status of disease-free activity, whether they continued to use the medication or received a placebo, for several years after the original study.
Mavenclad (cladribine) tablets continue to show sustained efficacy and consistent safety in patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), post-hoc analyses of a Phase 3 trial extension study show.
This study caught my attention because, frankly, I don’t understand the point of it. The “other interventions” include exercise and stress reduction. Aren’t these things already known to reduce MS fatigue? I know that I can reduce my fatigue by exercising.
One year of a vegetable-rich diet — combined with exercise, neuromuscular stimulation, and stress reduction techniques — is effective in easing fatigue in people with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers say the results may be linked to changes in blood fat levels, in particular, cholesterol.
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Diagnosed with MS at age 32 in 1980, Ed has written the “MS Wire” column for Multiple Sclerosis News Today since August 2016. He presents timely information on MS, blended with personal experiences. Before retiring from full-time work in 2012, Tobias spent more than four decades in broadcast and on-line newsrooms as a manager, reporter, and radio news anchor. He’s won several national broadcast awards. As an MS patient communicator, Ed consults with healthcare and social media companies. He’s the author of “We’re Not Drunk, We Have MS: A tool kit for people living with multiple sclerosis.” Ed and his wife split time between the Washington, D.C. suburbs and Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Diagnosed with MS at age 32 in 1980, Ed has written the “MS Wire” column for Multiple Sclerosis News Today since August 2016. He presents timely information on MS, blended with personal experiences. Before retiring from full-time work in 2012, Tobias spent more than four decades in broadcast and on-line newsrooms as a manager, reporter, and radio news anchor. He’s won several national broadcast awards. As an MS patient communicator, Ed consults with healthcare and social media companies. He’s the author of “We’re Not Drunk, We Have MS: A tool kit for people living with multiple sclerosis.” Ed and his wife split time between the Washington, D.C. suburbs and Florida’s Gulf Coast.