Hello..

I have had many problems with my MS and about 90% either went away or lessened greatly. The balance problem gradually improved but only on level ground.

I tried adding "stuff" to my Avonex about 10 years ago when I had some severe increase in symptoms which was found to be because of a new enhancing lesion on my Brain Stem!!!

I went to John's Hopkins Hospital and they decided that I could add some low dose METHOTREXATE 2.5 mg three times a day. It is LOW dose of a chemotherapy drug. This stuff really lowers key factors of the immune system.

It turned out to be a disaster. I was taking a few supplements like B12 & Folic Acid with this stuff but when the METHOTREXATE treatment was combined with the Avonex treatment it gave me pneumonia in 5 weeks.

After recovering I found out what elements it lowered and found in PubMed (NIH-NLM) that many common supplements do the same thing to a lesser extent. I also discovered that certain substances elevated in MS folks inactivates AVONEX and that some of these same supplements could lower them and make the Avonex(any Intereron-Beta) fully effective.

This posting of mine on another board "MS refugees" Titled "Maximizing INTERFERON-Beta effectiveness" greatly elaborates on this and also contains a lot of good for MS Supplements/Vitamins info.

http://www.msrefugees.proboards82.co...ay&thread=3770

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Good luck.


jackD