DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
AVONEX (Interferon beta-1a)
Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (abbreviated MS, also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata) is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and scarring as well as a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms. Disease onset usually occurs in young adults, and it is more common in women. It has a prevalence that ranges between 2 and 150 per 100,000. MS was first described in 1868 by Jean-Martin Charcot. MS affects the ability of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to communicate with each other...
AVONEX (Interferon beta-1a) - List of case studies
- Multiple sclerosis in remission under Avonex treatment
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7 years ago, and since then she has been treated by Avonex. The patient had no attacks since then, feel healthy and lead a ... a month and replaced with weekly injections of AVONEX (Interferon beta-1a) . A follow-up MRI, that was performed 3 years ago, ...
- Multiple Sclerosis
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Neuritis, she started treatment with weekly injections of AVONEX (Interferon beta-1a). Now she is in good general health and asks about stopping ...
- Treatments
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of corticosteroids in the lesion Injections of AVONEX (Interferon beta-1a) Intensification treatment Intensive chemotherapy ...
- Multiple Sclerosis_2
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Interferon beta-1b (Betaseron) and interferon beta-1a (Avonex, Rebif) are genetically engineered copies of proteins that occur ... is injected subcutaneously three times a week. Avonex is injected intramuscularly once a week. These ...
- Drugs
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ASPIRIN ATACAND PLUS ATG AVASTIN AVONEX AVONEX (Interferon beta-1a) Abitins Acetazolamide Acetyl ...