Alternate treatments
In researching the various suggestions of alternate medicines, I've come across two interesting options. I have not tried any of them, hence the question here. Has anyone had any positive results with GENE therapy such as stem cell and the other is Medical Marijuana the non THC type? or that. As everyone with MS, I am willing to give anything a try. I have been prescribe many different traditional meds but the side effects are awful, I know diet and moderate exercise will always help, but for me the heaviness on the legs, general tiredness and the heat is a mix that warrants any and all attempts to lessen the blow
, my personal experience with CBD is that it is not effective for spasticity or neurological pain. When combined with THC, however, I've found it helpful.
If you look at some of the research associated with Sativex, you'll note that there are demonstrable benefits for spasticity (https://bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12883-021-02246-0). Note, though, that Sativex is a combination of synthetic THC and CBD.
Stem cells or other genetic therapies? I'd be all over them if I had some extra money.Thank you so much for the info.
Best of luck,
. If you're in a jurisdiction that allows for legal use of THC, I would recommend you give it a try. Best advice I could give anyone starting off is LOW and SLOW. 2.5mg orally is effective without being impairing.
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. As , many people find medical marijuana with or without THC helpful for symptoms of MS, but it won't help slow the progression of MS. Here is an article from on of our advocates about his experience with it that might interest you: https://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/marijuana-the-story-of-a-skeptic-turned-believer. Stem cell transplants are still not available in the U.S., but some people have gone elsewhere to get the treatment with mixed success. One of our advocates, Jenny Angus, is chronicling her own transplant journey. You can find her articles here: https://multiplesclerosis.net/author/jennyangus. I hope this helps and that you get more input from other community members. Wishing you the best. - Lori (Team Member) Avonex was good but hard the injection. Copaxone bad for me, many new lesions in my brain during the treatment with Copaxone. Tysabri, very good but time limit reached. I had to stop Tysabri because I had risk of PML with prolonged use of the drug.
, I am sorry that you have had a fair amount of trial-and-error when it comes to finding a treatment that works for you. If you don't mind me asking, have you found a treatment that works yet?
Best, Erin, Team Member.
