What's a fair trial of LDN

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Hey folks, Thanks for the replies. I am still wondering whether there is an agreed upon length of time to use LDN before trying other therapies, if the MS is still progressing. My girlfriend has been on LDN 4 months, and in that time there have been at least 4 new lesions which have formed on her brain, which I understand indicates that the disease is still progressing, despite her current lack of symptoms. Of all three MRI's she's has since she was diagnosed, every one has shown enhancing lesions. She also takes copaxone (for 9 months now) and has completely changed her diet and lifestyle and takes custom chinese herbs as well as some nutritional supplements. Her MD is advising her to take a 3 day steroid treatment and then start Avonex, which we don't really want to do.

The other alternative the MD said was to take the three day steroid treatment, then take a 1 day treatment each month while continuuing the copaxone and LDN to give them a chance to start working. She is leaning towards doing this, because she wants LDN to work, but there is no clear-cut answer here as to what is the best course of action that we have found. The rationale for the steroids is to get the inflammation down and buy some time to avoid the development of new and possibly more symptomatic lesions. It would be very helpful if someone knew whether LDN sometimes takes awhile to start working, and how long one should take it before resorting to more potentially side-effect laden and possibly still in-effective treatments for the condition (avonex). Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance,Andy