November 30, 2022 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Electrical Stimulation Helps With Bladder Control in MS, Study Finds Posterior tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) ā a procedure that delivers electrical stimulation to the bladder through nerves in the leg ā can reduce symptoms of an overactive bladder in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to results from a small trial. The findings indicate that adding PTNS to pelvic…
August 15, 2022 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: COVID-19 Vaccines, Robot Training, Bladder Treatment, Tysabri Anti-CD20 Therapies Help Mount T-cell Response to COVID-19 Vaccines Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been concerns that anti-CD20 therapies, such as Ocrevus (ocrelizumab), may interfere with the ability of a person with MS to fight a COVID-19 infection. But this report says that even if…
June 3, 2022 Columns by Ed Tobias A Road Trip From Florida to Maryland With No Bladder Incontinence After two days ā 16 hours of it spent on the road ā and 1,104 miles, I hadn’t had a single accident. My bladder control meds must’ve worked. The semiannual trip my wife and I take between Florida’s southwest coast and the suburbs of Washington, D.C. is never…
September 27, 2021 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: Bladder Treatment, Anti-CD20 DMTs, Cancer and MS, Seasons and MS Oral Fesoterodine Fumarate Can Ease Bladder Problems in MS This is a biggie for me since bladder problems have affected my quality of life for years. I recently switched my bladder medication hoping it would be a change for the better. The jury is still out. So, I’ll have…
September 20, 2021 Columns by Ed Tobias MS News That Caught My Eye Last Week: COVID-19 Vaccines, Bladder and Bowel Problems, Rim Lesions Patients on Anti-CD20 Therapies Urged to Get COVID-19 Vaccine Some people being treated with disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) that reduce their CD20 B-cells have been concerned that their DMTs also reduce the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. According to this study, those DMTs, such as Ocrevus, Kesimpta, and Rituxan, do that.
August 2, 2018 Columns by Laura Kolaczkowski The Many Uses of Botox for MS Care There are many things that confuse me, particularly in the medical area. Perhaps thatās why I am more comfortable thinking about MS patients’ quality of life rather than being into the hard science of medicine and understanding how medicines work. Iām thinking in particular of botulinum toxin, more…
October 15, 2014 News by Patricia Silva, PhD Urinary Prosthesis Better than Catheterization for Female MS Patients One of the concerns patients with neurologic diseases such as multiple sclerosisĀ face is decline or loss of bladder control. It can be an embarrassing and frustrating problem, which is estimated to occur in about 80% of MS patients, as the disease causes a slowing down or interruption in signal transmission…