Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Article, Emedicine.com:"Treatment of progressive disease or prevention of relapses may involve use of interferon, cyclosporine, azathioprine, methotrexate, or other immunomodulatory agents. Use of these medications is beyond the usual scope of practice of emergency physicians, and they are not discussed further in this section."
Contact Us
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic321.htm

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Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Comprehensive Article, Family Caregiver Alliance:"Clinical research suggests that it is beneficial to begin treatment for MS as early as possible, and that medications can have the most impact if they are taken as soon as the disease is diagnosed. The lack of active inflammation in the brain is seen as an indicator of successful treatment."
Family Caregiver Alliance
690 Market Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 434-3388 or 1 (800) 445-8106
E-mail:info@caregiver.org
http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=576

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Multiple Sclerosis (MS), The most frequently prescribed treatments for MS, HealthAtoZ.com:"Since there is presently no known way to prevent or cure multiple sclerosis (MS), the primary focus of everyday care is aimed at symptom management and efforts to stabilize progression of the disease. The most frequently prescribed treatments for MS are aimed at modifying the immune system response and reducing inflammatory effects."
HealthAtoZ.com
Princeton Park Corporate Center
1100 Cornwall Road, Suite 10
Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852
Phone: 732-422-4110
Fax : 732-422-4112
info@healthatoz.com
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/dc/caz/neur/mscl/mstreating.html

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Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Overview of Medications Used in MS, Healthlink:"While some scientists look for therapies that will affect the overall course of the disease, others are searching for new and better medications to control the symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) without triggering intolerable side effects."
HealthLink
Medical College of Wisconsin
Office of Clinical Informatics
9200 West Wisconsin Ave, Suite 2977
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
Fax: (414) 805-6337
E-mail: healthlink@mcw.edu
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/954355054.html

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Drugs Commonly Used In Multiple Sclerosis, MCFox.com:"Every drug available in medicine today carries a risk of side effects, including over the counter remedies. Some drugs are much better tolerated than others, producing very few side effects in only a very small number of people. Other, more powerful drugs, particularly those on the cutting edge of medicine, may carry the possibility of significant side effects."
http://www.themcfox.com/multiple-sclerosis/ms-drugs/

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Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Links to information about various MS drugs, Multiple Sclerosis Association of America:"MSAA acts solely as an information provider, offering the information on medicines and treatments to assist people interested in alleviating the effects of MS."
MSAA Headquarters
706 Haddonfield Road
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Phone: 1-800-532-7667
E-mail: msaa@msaa.com
http://www.msaa.com/medicines/meds_menu.html

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Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Medication Descriptions, National Multiple Sclerosis Society :"Summarizes information on Avonex, Betaseron, Copaxone, and Rebif. Includes how each is taken, side effects, approximate costs, and benefits."
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
733 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Contact Us
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/treatments.asp

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Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Patient Ratings of MS Medications, Remedyfind.com:"Neurontin (Gabapentin) is a second-generation anticonvulsant medication (U.S. FDA 1993), approved for the treatment of epileptic seizures. Anticonvulsants are believed to work in part by by enhancing the actions of a natural brain chemical, GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid). GABA is a neurotransmitter, a chemical that carries messages between brain nerve cells. GABA inhibits the transmission of nerve signals, thereby reducing nervous excitation."
Remedyfind Inc.
P.O. Box 30324
Santa Barbara, CA 93130
E-mail:webmaster@remedyfind.com
http://remedyfind.com/hc-Multiple-Sclerosis.asp

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Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Video and Transcripts, RXList:"The FDA's approval of a drug called Rebif is important as it brings another medical option to the treatment of MS. The approval was based upon a short-term comparison trial with Avonex called the EVIDENCE trial and a long- term placebo-controlled trial known as the PRISMS trial."
RxList LLC
500 3rd Street Suite 530
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: (707)-747-0985
Fax: (708)-575-8638
E-mail: info@rxlist.com
http://rxlist.healthology.com/focus_index.asp?b=rxlist&f=m_sclerosis

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Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Immunomodulating Treatments for Relapsing-Remitting MS, UCSF Multiple Sclerosis Center:"In 1993, based on the results of a large multi-center placebo-controlled trial, IFNb-1b (Betaseron) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of relapsing/remitting (RR)MS in the United States (US)."
UCSF Multiple Sclerosis Center
350 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 908
San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone: (415) 514-1684
Fax: (415) 514-2443
E-mail: darcyc@itsa.ucsf.edu
http://mscenter.ucsf.edu/treatments.htm

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Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Medication Definitions, Webmd:"Medications that change the activity of the immune system can reduce the number and severity of attacks that damage the protective myelin coating surrounding nerves and nerve fibers."
WebMD
1175 Peachtree Road, NE
Suite 2400
Atlanta, GA 30361
Phone: (212)-624-3700
E-mail: service@webmd.net
http://my.webmd.com/hw/multiple_sclerosis/hw191022.asp

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