Jules,

The metabolic theory does involve the immune system but as a reactionary force as opposed to origination one. I guess time will tell whether it's correct or not.

As for Big Pharma....i agree with you in that they don't want to keep people sick but their focus is not about cure, it's about long term treatment. They are in business for one reason only and that is to make the bottom line as black as possible.

What I would like to see (and it won't happen) is co-operation among the scientists and docs when it comes these recent theories. But the established world of MS medicine is extremely protective of their theories and don't get in their way....or else!

Harry

I think it has been suspected to be related to inflammation for a long time and that's why even neuros will say you should take vitamin D and get sun to lower inflammation. I think that's why Copaxone works well for so many, because it tricks the body into thinking there is inflammation in the area of the shot so the body "flares" there instead of going into attack mode on the nervous system.

That is my crude understanding of how they think Copaxone works against MS relapses.