Re: DALFAMPRIDINE,NOW AVAILABLE IN US HELPS PATIENTS WALK

[Guest guest]

seems to me that some of us suffer from more damage to the myelin sheath beyond

just the lack of reception and transmission problems at nerve endings, I think

thats some the the reason for hot tender spots on the head besides the

vasculitis effects.

I wonder if this would help any?

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> HEY, THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING!

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> DALFAMPRIDINE,NOW AVAILABLE IN US HELPS PATIENTS WALK

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http://www.emaxhealth.com/1020/ms-drug-dalfampridine-now-available-us-helps-pati\

ents-walk.html

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> The drug dalfampridine has been approved by the FDA and is now available in

the United States for treatment of impaired walking associated with multiple

sclerosis. Dalfampridine was approved in January by the FDA, and is the first

oral therapy for multiple sclerosis that can be taken by mouth.

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> Dalfampridine helps patients with multiple sclerosis walk, by promoting nerve

impulse conduction rather than reducing inflammation like other medications used

to treat MS.

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> Two phase III clinical studies of dalfampridine helped patients with multiple

sclerosis improve walking speed of twenty five percent among 35 percent of

patients in one trial.