earlier treatment for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS)
February 1999
Experts now recommend earlier treatment for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
They encourage patients to start treatment soon after a relapsing form of MS is diagnosed...instead of waiting for symptoms to get worse.
There's now evidence that CNS damage continues even while patients are in remission. Early treatment is thought to slow the progression of CNS damage and disability.
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