Current immune medicines may include Cytoxan and Imuran, both of which are used in cancer chemotherapy. Research is being done with all of these. The final chapter is yet to be written in this area. Over the years, diets have been used to treat multiple sclerosis. Once again, some research findings substantiate each and every diet, but the vast majority of research indicates that no diet is a certain treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Good nutrition is important for everyone.
Thus, a good, nutritionally sound diet is important for better health but it likely will not alter MS itself. The therapies already discussed deal with multiple sclerosis directly and, for the most part, unsuccessfully. Despite this, great strides have been made treating the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. While treating symptoms does not eliminate the disease itself, it can make the life of multiple sclerosis patients far more comfortable, especially when stiffness or spasticity are involved. Over the last few years, many anti-spastic drugs have been introduced and are now being used by doctors treating multiple sclerosis.