Hello,
I just got diagnosed with MS (CIS, actually). My symptoms have been limited to tingling in the leg. My brain/spine MRIs showed a few (one in the brain, 3 in the spine) lesions but no active lesions based on lack of gadolinium enhancement.
My neuro is proposing that I use Tysabri. Reading through the threads I sense that Tysabri is mostly a "nothing else has worked" or "this is very aggressive MS" type treatment and not the initial treatment of choice. I may be misinterpreting this, but I almost feel like Tysabri is mostly used as a last line of defense.
Would love to hear what others who may have faced a similar situation think. Is this a good first treatment or should I see how other treatments work on me before going for Tysabri? For those that have tried other medications and are now on Tysabri, do you wish you had started with Tysabri to begin with?
As an aside, I love this forum and thank everyone for their thoughtful reflections regarding this disease.
I just got diagnosed with MS (CIS, actually). My symptoms have been limited to tingling in the leg. My brain/spine MRIs showed a few (one in the brain, 3 in the spine) lesions but no active lesions based on lack of gadolinium enhancement.
My neuro is proposing that I use Tysabri. Reading through the threads I sense that Tysabri is mostly a "nothing else has worked" or "this is very aggressive MS" type treatment and not the initial treatment of choice. I may be misinterpreting this, but I almost feel like Tysabri is mostly used as a last line of defense.
Would love to hear what others who may have faced a similar situation think. Is this a good first treatment or should I see how other treatments work on me before going for Tysabri? For those that have tried other medications and are now on Tysabri, do you wish you had started with Tysabri to begin with?
As an aside, I love this forum and thank everyone for their thoughtful reflections regarding this disease.
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