June 24, 2022 Columns by Ed Tobias Why I’m Giving 3 MS Medications Another Try Over the many years I’ve lived with multiple sclerosis (MS), I’ve used several medications to treat my MS symptoms. Some have helped, some haven’t, and some worked at first but then lost their efficacy. I recently returned to three of them that I’d stopped using for various reasons.
February 11, 2022 Columns by John Connor The Big Blue Bag and a ‘Cast Away’ Bed Once upon a time, long, long ago, when I was very young, we British children would be asked, “Whatās through the round window?” The line was from a TV series called “Play School.” The swinging ’60s may have been breaking in London, but culturally, this was the happening show…
January 26, 2022 Columns by Beth Ullah The Trials and Tribulations of MS Medications “Hey, man, I’m alive. I’m taking each day and night at a time/ I’m feeling like a Monday but someday I’ll be Saturday night.” ā Bon Jovi Multiple sclerosis (MS) medications can generally be separated into two categories: disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) and those that help to manage symptoms. While…
July 30, 2021 Columns by John Connor The Painful Tooth: My Weekend of Agony Iāve written about trigeminal neuralgia (TN), which entails severe facial pain, many times. Let me count the ways. Please excuse me while I go off and search through my columns. I’ll be a while. Well, it turns out I’ve written specifically about it only three times,…
August 21, 2020 Columns by John Connor ‘Apocalypse Now’: I Love the Smell of Hashish in the Morning Helicopters were whirling in my brain. Turns out, it was a solitary police one. Though it was another hot night, my wife closed my windows in case of a prowler. I’m on the ground floor, after all. It was a dark moment in my life. Another relapse had struck…
January 3, 2020 News by Marisa Wexler, MS Gabapentinoid Use to Control MS Pain Can Lead to Respiratory Problems, FDA Warns Gabapentinoids ā a class of therapies sometimes used off-label to help control pain in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) ā can increase the risk of serious breathing problems, particularly for those who have risk factors like poorer lung function or use opioid pain medicines, according to a warning…
August 22, 2019 Columns by Tamara Sellman Need to Know: The Hug You Never Want to Receive Editor’s note: “Need to Knowā is a series inspired by common forum questions and comments from readers. Have a comment or question about MS? Visit our forum. This week’s question is inspired by the forum topic āHave you ever had an MS hug? What does it feel like?ā…
May 30, 2019 Columns by Tamara Sellman Need to Know: Why Are My Feet Burning? Editor’s note: “Need to Know” is a series inspired by common forum questions and comments from readers. Have a comment or question about MS? Visit our forum. This week’s question is inspired by the forum topic “MS Burning Feet and Hands Could Be Erythromelalgia,” from Aug. 14, 2018.
April 9, 2019 News by Patricia Inacio, PhD U.K. Implements Stricter Rules for Gabapentin, Pregabalin Prescriptions Gabapentin and pregabalin now have more restrictive rules for prescriptions in the United Kingdom. Because of concerns regarding the medications’ misuse, both were classified as class C controlled medicines. It is now illegal to supply, sell, or possess these medicines without a prescription, according to a news release by…
March 21, 2019 Columns by Tamara Sellman Need to Know: Why Do I Have Facial Pain? Editor’s note: “Need to Know” is a series inspired by common forum questions and comments from readers. Have a comment or question about MS? Visit our forum. This week’s question is inspired by the forum topicĀ “What is Trigeminal Neuralgia?” from May 2, 2018. What causes…
March 20, 2019 Columns by Cathy Chester Dealing with Seizures and Multiple Sclerosis When youāve lived with multiple sclerosis (MS) for as long as I have, you sometimes forget or block out negative experiences youāve had over the years. AsĀ The Rolling StonesĀ put it, “Time is on my side.” One particular memory seems distant, but…