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Suggest Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis

Posted on Sat, 5 Apr 2014

Question: how often can a patient with ms get a shot 125mg ?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Praveen Tayal (2 hours later)

Brief Answer: Different medicines are used. Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for posting your query. For the treatment of MS the medicines used are- mitoxantrone- given once every 3 months. glatiramer acetate- given daily as injection. Interferon therapy- given on alternate days or weekly doses. You can mention the drug name whose dose frequency you want to confirm. In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out. Wishing you good health. Regards. Dr. Praveen Tayal. For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Praveen Tayal (1 hour later)

hello dr XXXXXXX Tayal, the medicine I am refrring to is solumedrol 125 mg. It seems to have helped quickly with no side effects yet. I got it in shot form from my family dr. I have had ms since 1988. thank you. sincerely, XXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Dr. Praveen Tayal (22 hours later)

Brief Answer: Can be given daily. Detailed Answer: Hello. Thanks for writing again. In treatment of multiple sclerosis, daily doses of 125 mg of methylprednisolone - solumedrol for a week followed by 64 mg every other day for 1 month have been shown to be effective. It can later be changed with a long acting steroid according to the response. Hope my answer is helpful. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish you good health. Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar