Purpose:MS (Multiple Sclerosis)(Started Nov 25, 1988)
Date
Dosage
Efficacy
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Sep 06, 2011
Yearly
Major
None
Always
A little
Date
Sep 06, 2011
Advice & Tips
nothing to worry about unless you maybe clostfobric, but will show any and all lesions due to the ms, it only takes about 45 minutes in the mri machine itself.
Purpose:MS (Multiple Sclerosis)(Started Dec 13, 2005)
Date
Dosage
Efficacy
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Nov 02, 2010
One time
None
Mild
Always
A little
Jan 31, 2009
One time
Slight
Moderate
Usually
Somewhat
Side effects:
Fatigue
Date
Nov 02, 2010
Advice & Tips
I had an MRI with contrast on Oct 29th 2010. The following day I was unusually tired. I wondered if the gadolinium used for the contrast caused my unwillingness to get out of bed.
Cost
$200+ monthly
Date
Jan 31, 2009
Advice & Tips
I was in the ASSERT study, which ended a year early. I was in the Copaxone + high dose oral steroid arm. The prednisone dose was 1250mg for 5 days in a row every 4 months. I took all the prednisone as directed, but missed some Copaxone injections. I found that at the end of 4 months I was dragging, then I took the prednisone for 5 days. I would generally feel bad for 1 week after the steroids, but that got better with each pulse. Then I would have a normal energy level for quite some time, so the negative factors were outweighed by the positive.
The ASSERT study ended early because there was no effect seen with the steroid arm, thats what they say. The nurse said that so many people lost jobs and their insurance they could not afford the Copaxone and dropped out of the study.
**Advice: if you are going to commit to a study, the study drug should be provided at no cost to you. In ASSERT prednisone was labelled the study drug**
Purposes:MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and Other(Started Jan 23, 1995)
Date
Dosage
MS (Multiple Sclerosis)
Efficacy
Other
Efficacy
Side Effects
Adherence
Burden
Jul 18, 2010
Yearly
?Can't tell
None
Always
Not at all
Nov 21, 2008
Yearly
Major
None
Always
Not at all
Date
Jul 18, 2010
Advice & Tips
If you are claustraphobic, ask for an "open-air" MRI. Otherwise, the MRI machines are like tubes. A typical MRI is fairly expensive...so shop around because some centers are less expensive. However, most insurance companies cover an MRI as a diagnostic procedure in determining the location of and/or further progression of plaques/lesions in the brain and spine.
Date
Nov 21, 2008
Advice & Tips
MRIs are very expensive so if you need one, make sure your insurance covers it.
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