• Effectiveness

  Major (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue, burning sensation in skin, muscle and joint pain, metallic taste in mouth, burning pain)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 1 g Daily

Side effects: metallic taste in mouth, burning pain, burning sensation in skin, fatigue, muscle and joint pain

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue, burning sensation in skin, muscle and joint pain, metallic taste in mouth)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 1 g Daily

Side effects: metallic taste in mouth, burning pain, burning sensation in skin, fatigue, muscle and joint pain

• Effectiveness

  Major (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (fatigue, burning sensation in skin, muscle and joint pain, metallic taste in mouth)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 1 g Daily

Side effects: metallic taste in mouth, burning pain, burning sensation in skin, fatigue, muscle and joint pain

• Effectiveness

  Major (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue, muscle and joint pain, metallic taste in mouth)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 1 g Daily

Advice & Tips: Not pleasant while taking it but it definately helped with my MS flare up. Side effects were pain, metallic taste in mouth, fatigue, and after treatment I had skin pain for a few days.

Side effects: metallic taste in mouth, burning pain, burning sensation in skin, fatigue, muscle and joint pain

• Effectiveness

  None (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 1 g Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (migraine headaches, chest and face flushing, brain fog, slow speech (bradyarthria), increased energy, skin sensitive to touch, muscle soreness, irregular menstrual periods, fatigue)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 960 mg Monthly

Advice & Tips: New neurologist said this is no longer recommended as a one day once a month treatment. Side effects outnumber the benefits. I would be out of commission for the entire week when taking this treatment. The main benefit I received from doing this is a day of lots of energy while on the steroid but 4-5 days of feeling like crap coming off of it. However, it did help with my cognition for about 2 weeks especially when having conversations. I'm actually glad I won't be doing it anymore. The one full day of migraine really wasn't worth it when sometimes I was already feeling good plus having to plan my life around being unavailable for one week out of every month. Real pain in the....well you know.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for help stop an exacerbation)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (metallic taste in mouth, nausea, sleeplessness, change in taste, roid rage effects (steroids), jumpiness (startling easily))
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 1 g Daily

Advice & Tips: Give it a chance. It affects each of us differently and helps each situation differently.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: jumpiness (startling easily), nausea, sleeplessness, change in taste, metallic taste in mouth, roid rage effects (steroids), roid rage effects (steroids)

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for pain)
• Effectiveness

  Major (for fatigue)
• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for relapse MS (exacerbation))
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (insomnia, headaches, increased appetite, elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia))
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 1 g Daily

Advice & Tips: My Solu-Medrol IV's are being taken at home. A critical nurse came in to my house, explained it all to me and put in the IV in my left hand on the side of my thumb. Although I am 51 yrs old, I now live with my mother because it became impossible to take care of myself all the time. My mother, being a retired nurse, set's up the IV Infusion daily to my IV, times the drips to 5-8 drips/15 seconds. This dose of Solu-Medrol I am taking is for 5 days only at this time. The unexpected benefit I have received so far is the "false sense of well being." Yesterday was my 3rd dose and I felt like I could run a marathon. I had such a boost of energy. Today I was tired all day because I did not sleep good last night and I have been awake since 3:30am, Oct. 23, 2009. I have napped on and off all day but I have been tired because of being up for so long. I wouldn't want to take this every single day for the rest of my life. It is a pain in the butt. Also, back in 1998, I was in the hospital with Asthma and on Solu-Medrol and ended up with VERY bad side effects. I ended up with a vary bad abdomenal infection, ending in surgery, loosing 7 inches of my large colon.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: insomnia, elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia), increased appetite, headaches

• Effectiveness

  Major (for Other)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (no sleep and major PMS...yes PMS is real and men can get it from hormonal imbalance cause by the steroids)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Advice & Tips: Have a sleep aid available to try and get some rest. The steroids jack me up I cant slep. Do not over do it. You might start to feel like the king of the world and you can easily do too much. Do a little then rest and recover. You will thank me after they ear off and you start to feel the soreness of the overdoing it.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: no sleep and major PMS...yes PMS is real and men can get it from hormonal imbalance cause by the steroids

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (increased energy)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 1 g Daily

Advice & Tips: Besides the times of my exacerbations I have been getting a "theraputc" dose before I go on extended vacations. In 2010 I traveled to London and Ireland and this June I went to Rome, Venice and back to Ireland where I end up doing a lot of walking. The positive side effect of the emergy boost and reduction in inflamation helps with long days.

Side effects: increased energy

• Effectiveness

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

  Severe (for Overall) (anxiety and frustration, difficulty staying asleep)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 1 g Daily

Advice & Tips: I had no idea of the withdrawal I would experience. 24 hours after my last dose I started having convulsions, vomiting, sweating and the body wide pain was unbearable.

Cost: $200+ monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (weight gain, hair loss, change in taste, kidney damage, tooth problems)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Advice & Tips: I know alot of people aren't into this treatment, but it's done wonders for me in the past and I will continue with it if I need to.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: kidney damage, tooth problems, change in taste, weight gain, hair loss

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for stiffness/spasticity)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (weight gain, hair loss, sleeplessness, change in taste, eye problems, flushing)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Advice & Tips: Too much for too long is probably not good.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: sleeplessness, hair loss, flushing, change in taste, eye problems, weight gain

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for stiffness/spasticity)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (weight gain, hair loss, sleeplessness, change in taste, eye problems, flushing)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage: 2250 mg Monthly

Advice & Tips: This treatment probably should be taken in extreme moderation, just as my personal, non-professional opinion.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: sleeplessness, hair loss, flushing, change in taste, eye problems, weight gain