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Had an appointment with my neuro this morning. He listed two more drugs that I have failed -- gabapentin and elavil. I have experienced alot of "failures" in the past two years.

Results of his exam were positive -- good muscle strength, coordination, relexes, no sigh of clonus. He increased my baclofen by one pill (10 mg). I am now going to take it with each meal and at bedtime to see if it helps with the increase in spasticity. Luckily, I usually only experience the pain when walking -- not when sitting or in bed. I am just going to try to handle the pins/needles/burning pain in my head and my vibrating leg for now. Lyrica is probably the next step and it has the same side effects as gabaentin, as I "failed" at cymbalta a few years ago. My appetite has returned to normal (nausea has mostly disappeared) and I am slowly losing more weight.

He has quit pushing new treatments since my ms is considered stable and is still saying that he thinks there will be oral meds out next year.