Fampridine, now named Ampyra (pronounced Am-peer-ra)

It's about one minute better than the placebo and that is only for the 30 percent of the people it works for So if you can walk 25 foot in 6 minutes, this will make you do it in 5 minutes. Some it works for, others it doesn't.

It is just like 4-AP, almost the same drug. But it costs over $1056.00 a month wholesale for 60 tablets. You take one every 12 hours. It is SR (slow release). That is very expensive, if it does little and cost a lot than ins companies may not pay for it.

Mine won't pay for a drug unless it's on the market for one year past it's release date, which is March 2010 by Big Pharma.

It is the first MS-specific treatment (symptom only treatment, not a DMD) to be approved by the FDA since 2004, and the first ever oral therapy, Ampyra primarily helps people who have trouble walking, they say.

I did hear it has other benefits, but they are anecdotal so far. It is supposed to be more stable than 4-AP which is IR (immediate release).

Who knows, time will tell. $12,000.00 a year is a lot if you have to pay out of pocket. I hope it helps someone.