Last Friday I had my second yearly dose of Ocrevus. I’ve been on it now for about 4 years. Personally I don’t feel it does anything for me. I also had my six month appointment with my neurologist. Again we discussed new drugs. He still doesn’t want to start Mayzent as long as Covid 19 is still around. I brought up a new drug that a girlfriend had sent me an article about on WebMD.
SOURCE: Thomas Jefferson University, news release, Nov. 3, 2020
https://consumer.healthday.com/b-11-5-new-drug-offers-promise-against-ms-2648605253.html
This appealed to me because it approaches fighting MS from a new standpoint. The problem I found was that in clicking for more information, nowhere could I find the name of this drug. I mentioned this to my neurologist and showed him the article. He said that the drug wasn’t mentioned because it is either just starting clinical trials or is already in cliniial trials, I don’t remember.
He did mention another new drug, Kesimpta. This is a B-cell therapy, which binds to and depletes B-cells shown to be associated with disease activity in MS. This is the first self administered B-cell therapy for MS. It is given monthly via subcutaneous injection in one’s home. For more information go to the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America. It is for adults with relapsing forms of MS as well active Secondary Progressive MS.
This does not appeal to me. I don’t want to do any self injections unless there is definitive proof that it will help me. What do you think?