Multiple Sclerosis Therapies and Treatments I've Tried

Most victims of MS (Multiple Sclerosis) attempt to find their “Silver Bullet” cure for this dread disease. Many MSers have found something a drug, treatment, supplement, vitamins, traditional or nontraditional medicine modality, or combination of several to be of significant benefit.

I suspect that I have tried more approaches than most. I started with Avonex, a self injected Interferon which costs the patient or somebody about $1,400.00 per month. I had never been in a wheelchair until I began shooting myself in the leg once each week. My Neurologist was aghast when I told him I'm stopping. He immediately offered to prescribe one of the other self-injectable Interferons which I declined. Within two weeks, I was walking again and continued to do so for over two years. Since then I've used a wheelchair or handicapped scooter.

It has been ten years since I accepted my MS diagnosis, going on SSDI (Social Security Disability Income). During this time, I have tried LDN (Low Dose Naltrexone), BVT (Bee Venom Therapy), CS (Colloidal Silver), Histamine patches, and a variety of both Traditional and Alternative Medicine methods of treatment attempting to restore my ambulation. None of these modalities have worked for me. Pain medication is yet another story. I will not get into it here.

So what is next? God only knows for certain but I will see my PCP (Primary Care Physician) in a couple of weeks to see about getting on to a pharmacological recommended to me by another Mser that this has had exciting results from 4-AP (4 Aminopyridine) for Multiple Sclerosis – Secondary Progressive (SPMS) or Permanent Progressive MS.