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i have a question about Multiple Sclerosis?

i have a friend who's mother has MS. and i was wandering how treatable is it? is it like cancer where if your lucky you can be fully cured, or is it like diabetes where your stuck with it the rest of your life?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Hi Rachie, There are drugs to treat the disease itself as well as drugs that treat the symptoms. The drugs that treat the actual disease are Copaxone, Rebif, Avonex and Betaseron. These drugs can stop or slow down the progression of the disease, and they must be injected. They do not come in pill form and they are very expensive. They also do not work for everyone.

    The cause of MS is unknown and there is no cure at this time. No two people have the same experience with the disease. About 15% of us who have it become disabled. The majority of us with MS have careers, marry, raise families and die in old age.

    Source(s): Twenty years of living with MS. National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • 1 decade ago

    Unfortunately, MS itself is not treatable, or curable.

    What can be done is the treatment of symptoms. Some people have few symptoms and lead a relatively normal life. Others face a lifetime of symptoms that range from minor all the way to becoming totally disabled and bedridden. There is no way to predict what course a person will take.

    There are groups out there working to find a cure, but there is nothing in the immediate future.

    Source(s): 15 years of my MS and talking with many MS folks.
  • 1 decade ago

    There's no cure, but incurable doesn't mean "untreatable".

    There are some that are working vigorously to halt the progress of the disease, and surgical correction MAY, be one of those avenues to explore. Recommend you check out news at : http://www.ctv.ca/w5/ . It's worth exploring. I'm one of the US version of the "liberated" and cannot tell anyone what to do or how to do it, but definitely check it out! Also google "CCSVI" and there will be quite a lot of info to explore.

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't think that it is treatable. But I think that there is medicine that slows down the effects of MS.

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