The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Multiple Sclerosis includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.
The first step in getting correct treatment is to get a correct diagnosis. Differential diagnosis list for Multiple Sclerosis may include:
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Some of the different medications used in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis include:
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There is as yet no cure for MS. Until recently, steroids were the principal medications for MS. While steroids cannot affect the course of MS over time, they can reduce the duration and severity of attacks in some patients. The FDA has recently approved new drugs to treat MS. The goals of therapy are threefold: to improve recovery from attacks, to prevent or lessen the number of relapses, and to halt disease progression. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Multiple Sclerosis Information Page: NINDS)
Some medications such as beta interferon are helpful to people with the intermittent form of multiple sclerosis. (Source: excerpt from Understanding Autoimmune Disease: NIAID)
The drug baclofen is used to suppress muscle spasticity, and corticosteroids help reduce inflammation. Interferons also are being used to treat this disease. (Source: excerpt from Neuromuscular Diseases: NWHIC)
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The aim of treatment is to shorten exacerbations and relieve neurologic deficits so that the patient can resume a normal lifestyle. Those with relapsing-remitting courses are placed on immune modulating therapy, with interferon or glatiramer acetate. Steroids are used to reduce the associated edema of the myelin sheath during exacerbations.
Other drugs include baclofen, tizanidine, or diazepam to relieve spasticity, cholinergic agents to relieve urine retention and minimize frequency and urgency, amantadine to relieve fatigue, and antidepressants to help with mood or behavioral symptoms. During acute exacerbations, supportive measures include bed rest, comfort measures such as massages, prevention of fatigue, prevention of pressure ulcers, bowel and bladder training (if necessary), administration of antibiotics for bladder infections, physical therapy, and counseling. Physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and support groups are also useful. Planned exercise programs help with maintaining muscle tone.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
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