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My doctor may have been blunt with me because I grew up with family that has it. I've known what it was since I was 5. But my doctor says the same lately, not
by neltnerb 6y ago
My doctor may have been blunt with me because I grew up with family that has it. I've known what it was since I was 5.
But my doctor says the same lately, not even dimethyl fumerate was out there yet in 2012 and the best drugs merely reduced the probability of an attack by a little under 50%. Several current drugs I think are more like 70% and way gentler to take. Still far from perfect though, I've gotten worse despite three very different medications. But with MS we're kind of just playing the odds, and that 70% is aggregated across all underlying causes. Mine is almost certainly genetic. Maybe one drug works great for genetic causes but badly for some say chemical exposure that triggered it. But no one can tell that's the case.
That seems like something that could be improved for sure, personalized medicine. But I also don't find it hard to believe that we'll be regenerating nerves in ten years, that seems entirely reasonable given how long we've been studying them and the tools now available.