Multiple Sclerosis Drug

Which multiple sclerosis drug do you take for ______? You fill in the blank. Pick an MS symptom. There are several options available for each. There are also several disease modifying drugs that may be recommended by your neurologist.

Which drug you decide on depends on a lot of things. Whether you can tolerate a particular drug or not. You may not be able to deal with the side effects of some drugs. The drug just may not work for you. Or it may work for awhile, then stop working. Some drugs may not or shouldn't be taken together.

Whatever the case, you should work with your doctor or neurologist to see which ones work best for you. See the following list to see which drugs are usually prescribed for the symptoms of multiple sclerosis.

Drug Name	Generic	Class
Ampyra	dalfampridine	misc. CNS agents
Avonex	interferon beta-1a	interferons
Azasan	azathioprine	immunosupressive agents
Betaseron	i	interferons
Copaxone	glatiramer	misc uncatergorized agent
Cytoxan	cyclophosphamide	alkylating agents
Extavia	interferon beta-1b	interferons
Gilenya	fingolimod
Imuran	azathioprine	immunosuppressive agents
Neosar	cyclophosphamide	alkylating agents
Novantrone	mitoxantrone	antibiotics/antineoplastics
Provigil	modafinil	CNS stimulants
Rebif	interferon beta-1b	interferons
Symmetrel	amantadine	antivirals, dopaminergic
Tysabri	natalizumab	monoclonal antibodies

And then you have your steroid treatments. The following is a list of some of the steroids and anti-inflammatory drugs your doctor might prescribe. He or she may do this if you are having a particularly bad flare-up or exacerbation.

Drug Name	Generic	Class
Baycadron	dexamethasone	glucocorticoids
Bubbli-Pred	prednisolone	glucocorticoids
De-Sone LA	dexamethasone	glucocorticoids
Decadron	dexamethasone	glucocorticoids
Deltasone	prednisolone	glucocorticoids
Dexacen-4	dexamethasone	glucocorticoids
Dexamethasone Intensol	dexamethasone	glucocorticoids
Dexpak Taperpak	dexamethasone	glucocorticoids
Flo-Pred	prednisolone	glucocorticoids
Hydeltrasol	prednisolone	glucocorticoids
Key-Pred SP	prednisolone	glucocorticoids
Meticorten	prednisolone	glucocorticoids
Millipred	prednisolone	glucocorticoids
Orapred	prednisolone	glucocorticoids
PediaPred	prednisolone	glucocorticoids
Predalone	prednisolone	glucocorticoids
Solurex	dexamethasone	glucocorticoids
Sterapred	prednisolone	glucocorticoids
Veripred 20	prednisolone	glucocorticoids
Zema Pak	dexamethasone	glucocorticoids

This is by no means a complete list of the Multiple Sclerosis Drug or drugs your doctor will prescribe. And because of MS research, the list is continuously growing. If you would like to take a more natural approach to your treatment, try looking through the list of alternative treatments here.