It might take a long time until we will finally read that some clever people finally find a cure for MS. Maybe in our life we won’t be able to read about this. But this doesn’t mean that there is nothing out there that can help us. Today I won’t talk about those medications that help us to control our symptoms. Today I would like to say which medications are out there that can help you and me to make sure that MS will come to us with a reduced speed. These medications are Avonex (interferon beta 1-a), Betaseron (interferon beta 1-b), Copaxone (glatiramer acetate), Rebif (interferon beta-1a), as well as Tysabri (natalizumab). Most of us have heard about the so-called ABC drugs (Avonex, Betaseron and Copaxone). Rebif was the drug of choice in Europe, while in America the ABCs where the big hit. Now Europe sells Avonex and co and we proudly inject Rebif.
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