Disease Database Drug Database Alt. There are three drugs to treat it. Time and amount of recovery between attacks varies.
Some people steadily worsen while others merely suffer mild weakness for decades.
The three drugs are not a cure. They don't reverse symptoms. Only about 70,000 MS patients take the drugs, Holland said. Yet the best evidence that patients still need the drugs is seen on specialized MRI scans of patients' brains, says Dr. Henry McFarland, neuroimmunology chief at the National Institutes of Health. Early treatment isn't right for every patient, cautioned McFarland.