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Treatments for Autoimmune Diseases

The goal of the autoimmune disease treatment is to relieve symptoms, preserve organ function and target disease mechanisms. Treating AI diseases involves seeing different specialists such as rheumatologists, endocrinologists, neurologists, hematologists, gastroenterologists, and nephrologists. Treatment options may include hormone and enzyme replacement therapies, corticosteroids, NSAIDs, plasmapheresis, immunosuppressants such as Methotrexate, Cyclophosphamide, Azathioprine, Cyclosporin, and Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). You can use this forum to discuss different specialists and existing as well as developing treatments.

Any MS patient that used smoked herbal cannabis?

Hello everybody! I am a woman with MS with a question for other people with MS. My symptoms have progressed rapidly over the last six months and even things that I was able to do three months back are now a terrible struggle. Unhappy with my medication and unconvinced that it has the potential to...

by User avatar filippa181152128

Is Betaseron good choice after first MS-like event?

After my first MS-like event, I am now facing the hard choice of deciding which medications to go on. My doctor has been suggesting Betaseron. Do you think this is a good choice for people who have just been diagnosed? Are there people who can tell me more about Betaseron use from personal...

by User avatar alexis613156332

Do you believe that fumarate pills will help us?

My husband has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis after an accurate MS attack that landed him in hospital, and we are ll very shocked. We are now working out what treatment would be the best, and I need to know what you think about fumarate pills. Do you think that they will help?

by User avatar peggy_153949153949

Cures for Gillian's Bar Syndrome

Are there any cures for Gillian's Bar Syndrome? What can be done to relieve the pain caused from this disease? Is GBS fatal?

by User avatar Amber L. Grimble

A drug trial ended ingloriously with possible victims

Six previously healthy volunteers signed up for a drug trial to test a medicine that would be used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, leukemia and multiple sclerosis. The drug was named TGN1412 and was made by pharmaceutical company TeGenero AG, based in Wurzburg, Germany and was being tested...

by User avatar Heidi Miller, LDN