With regard to this patient I contacted a good friend who has had MS for 20 years. I will gladly share her e-mail privately if you wish to pass it on.This is what she had to say.
   
  I have done much research as you know and it is hard to tell someone not to take drugs since I am not walking so good right now, but I believe I am much better off.  There is tons of information online.  Here are just a few that I had saved that discuss the negative stuff about the drugs:
   
  http://www.interferon.ws/Interferon_Harmful_to_The_Brain.htm
  http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/07/14/interferons.aspx
   
  Here is one that discusses some alternate treatments:
  http://www.webmd.com/multiple-sclerosis/guide/multiple-sclerosis-alternative-therapies
   
  Diet and exercise is very important.  When I was first diagnosed I started following the Dr. Roy Swank "MS Diet" book.  It is basically a low saturated fat, high oil diet and doing moderate exercise.  Dr. Swank is a neurologist that studied MS patients for over 30 years and found tremendous results in many MS patients who followed this diet.  There is a Swank foundation that you can get all the info:
  http://swankmsdiet.org/
   
  I have also found out more recently that often gluten and dairy are now so great for those with MS.  I have just recently been following that more strictly.  I found that there is a diet that was developoed by someone in the UK that is more strick, dairy, grains, legumes, eggs and yeast.  Also any foods that you may be sensitive to.
  http://www.ms-diet.org/
   
  As we all know, everyone is different.  It is a matter of really listening to our bodies.  I am stong believer that our bodies were made to heal themselves if given the right tools and environment.
  Julie Taylor
  RN IBCLC

       
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