So I have just officially left limbo land and joined the world of the Newly Diagnosed. Looking over drug options is a little overwhelming! Right now I am limited to first gen meds as 2nd line meds are generally not covered by insurance here unless the first gens fail you or you are quite debilitated. My list of available meds is Avonex, Rebif, Copaxone, Tecdifera, Aubagio, and Plegridy.
Betaseron and Extavia were excluded as they are equivalent to each other, and I am sure I would mess up the every other day dosing. I think I have eliminated Abuagio and Tecdifera as well,as they are more immune supressing than the interferons and my line of work puts me at higher risk of infections. Any thoughts on Plegridy, Avonex, and Rebif? Other than the dosing, they seem pretty equivalent to me.
I know none of these are actually going to do much for current symptoms. I count myself extremely lucky. In the last 2 years I have had 3 episodes of new symptoms, with lingering weakness, parasthesia, fatigue, etc in between. My MRI is fairly stable so it appears to be RRMS and not overly aggressive. My hope is to keep it from getting worse as much as possible.
Any thoughts? Right now I am vaccilating between relief and distress. Relief at knowing what the heck has been going on, and distress at no longer being able to think maybe I was just making it all up.
Betaseron and Extavia were excluded as they are equivalent to each other, and I am sure I would mess up the every other day dosing. I think I have eliminated Abuagio and Tecdifera as well,as they are more immune supressing than the interferons and my line of work puts me at higher risk of infections. Any thoughts on Plegridy, Avonex, and Rebif? Other than the dosing, they seem pretty equivalent to me.
I know none of these are actually going to do much for current symptoms. I count myself extremely lucky. In the last 2 years I have had 3 episodes of new symptoms, with lingering weakness, parasthesia, fatigue, etc in between. My MRI is fairly stable so it appears to be RRMS and not overly aggressive. My hope is to keep it from getting worse as much as possible.
Any thoughts? Right now I am vaccilating between relief and distress. Relief at knowing what the heck has been going on, and distress at no longer being able to think maybe I was just making it all up.
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