Tuesday, November 29, 2011

What you should know about the Multiple Sclerosis Treatment

By Margaret Ohara


There are many people out there who are suffering from multiple sclerosis and if you are one of them, then you will certainly wake up every morning wishing that something happened and you would have not been able to do it anymore. I know, it's pretty bad, but you should not worry too much about it for there have been many advancements made and some solutions for this problem have been found. The FDA has approved just last year a drug that has been categorized as a very good Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and there are many patients who are actually very happy about it.

The drug is actually named Fampridine SR and it was approved on the twenty third of January last year. It was discovered after ten years of extensive research and now being able to see it on the market is certainly a great joy for all of those who have worked in order to develop it.

Many doctors and the researchers as well have stated that if the drug will get to be used in conjunction with other drugs, it will become more effective and will have the mobility of the people suffering from MS improved a lot.

Maybe you are curious of how this drug works, I am sure of it. But first of all, you should know that MS actually affects the central nervous system and the Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms will include paralysis, spasticity and a poor coordination and balance. More to that, the patients will also be let in on slurred speech and even loss of vision in some cases.

So, getting to the part that interested you, let me tell you that the drug works by having the transmission of signals in the nervous system improved. The potassium ion channels in the nerve cells will be blocked so the signal level from 1 cell to the other will be resorted. Out of all of the people who have used the drug, thirty five percent of them have gained an increase of twenty five percent in their mobility.

In the end, you should know that when it comes to the Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis it is effective, but not for everyone. There is also a risk that you will be let in on seizures as a side effect of using the drug, so be prepared to take on it before you take the drug so you don't have any nasty surprises.




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