• Effectiveness

  Major (for optic nerve inflammation (optic neuritis))
• Side effects

  Severe (dry mouth, loss of sense of taste, feeling tense or on edge, elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia))
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 100 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: The treatment is working! Hang in there, my side effects have changed daily, but just keep to the course. The negatives have been outweighed by the energy I have been feeling. I have really actually enjoyed the insomnia because I have been able to clean and declutter my house like crazy - I cannot say enough about what a gift it has been to have these few weeks of increased energy. I had no idea what I was missing because I had been fatigued so long and thought I was just lazy.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: feeling tense or on edge, dry mouth, elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia), loss of sense of taste

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Moderate (weight gain, facial swelling/puffiness, increased appetite, roid rage effects (steroids), gastric ulcer pain)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 60 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Prednisone is less problematic then solemedrol but not as effective and it causes a lot more stomach problems. (they need a better spell check in here, one with medications in it:)

Cost: $25-49 monthly

Side effects: facial swelling/puffiness, gastric ulcer pain, weight gain, roid rage effects (steroids), increased appetite

• Effectiveness

  None (for Other)
• Side effects

  Severe (weight gain, dry mouth, increased appetite, feeling tense or on edge, elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia))
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage: 1000 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: all the above

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: feeling tense or on edge, elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia), weight gain, dry mouth, increased appetite