Questions to ask your neurologist. #MSBlog #MSResearch #ClinicSpeak
"At the NEDA meeting in Las Vegas it was proposed that one way to drive a change in practice is for MSers to ask their neurologist the right questions! I will be posting answers to these question over the next few weeks"
"At the NEDA meeting in Las Vegas it was proposed that one way to drive a change in practice is for MSers to ask their neurologist the right questions! I will be posting answers to these question over the next few weeks"
"The following is a list of questions you may want to ask your neurologist when a decision is being made about starting a disease-modifying therapy (DMT) for treating multiple sclerosis (MS)."
- What is multiple sclerosis?
- Are you sure that you have MS?
- What type of MS do you have?
- What prognostic group do you fall into?
- What is the risk of you not being treated with a DMT?
- Do you have active MS?
- Am I eligible for treatment with a DMT?
- Do you understand the difference between the treatment strategies of maintenance-and-escalation and induction therapy?
- Do you understand the concept of treat-2-target of no evident disease activity (NEDA)?