I regret to tell you this BUT AVONEX takes about 4 to 6 months to fully "kick in" and give you favorable reduction of symptoms.

Also Avonex is not effective during major relapses. I think that starting Avonex during an attack may make things a tad worse for three reasons 1 your hyper-active immune system may react to the Avonex and 2 the stress related to the starting of the shots and three the Avonex symptoms may make you "feel sick".

Most folks do not want to explore how MS progreses but are more concerned about the "ultimate cause of MS" (whatever that is).

I can provide some detail info on this but you I must warn you that it will contain SOME BIG WORDS!!!!

Most MS folks seem to panic and beg me to stop-- so I will ask you to actually request me to continue before I provide the detail info.

I find unless you are really on a QUEST FOR INFO that most MS folks will not even read my info. Almost 100% of this "stuff" comes from NLM-NIH PubMed.

I would give you some GREAT links but I am in the under 10 group..
jackD

P.S. I was on AVONEX for last 10 years. Results VERY GOOD!!