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Old 08-23-2008, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by ewizabeth View Post
I had my 17th infusion today. (Don't say a word RW.)

It went well, no reactions. The MS neuro spoke to me about the PML cases when he checked in on me.

He said he doesn't think the risk is any more now than it was before. He said it was my choice for whatever I would do, no pressure from him to stop. If I wanted to stop it, he'd support that too.

He thinks it might be a good idea to have MRI's every six months now but that would be the only change. They already have a good program there with the doctor checking me each month.
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scheduled to start Tysabri 03/05
Tysabri withdrawn from market 02/28/05
Copaxone 05/05-12/06
Tysabri returned to market 06/05/06
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Tysabri 05/25/07-present
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