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Old 02-11-2019, 09:10 PM
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Okay. It's like this. I was a union electrician, 15 years in the business. They will not accommodate me because I can't climb a ladder. So they are pushing me to retire.
Does your employer know you have Multiple Sclerosis and have you asked for accommodations? Did you ask your Neurologist for a letter stating this?

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The insurance company won't cover my meds till I try what they see fit. But what they want me to take is copaxon and I don't have spms.
Copaxone is one of the earlier treatments for MS which was approved for Relapsing/remitting MS (RRMS), many years later it was also approved for Secondary Progressive MS (SPMS). So, yes, Copaxone is appropriate for you to use. It is very common for Health Insurance Companies to require certain medications be tried before they will approve a different one.

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Now what else can I do because suicide has been in my mind for weeks now.
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