| Every drug available
in medicine today carries a risk of side effects, including over
the counter remedies.
Some drugs are much better tolerated than others, producing
very few side effects in only a very small number of people.
Other, more powerful drugs, particularly those on the cutting edge
of medicine, may carry the possibility of significant side effects.
The Purpose of this Section
The purpose of this section
is to make you aware of the possibility of side effects of multiple
sclerosis drugs.Those who currently take a
drug for the purposes of treating multiple sclerosis may be completely
unaware of the possibility of the side effects of that drug, given the
complexity of the information contained with the medication.
If you
are about to begin a course of treatment for multiple sclerosis, or
you are already on a course of treatment for multiple sclerosis, then
you should already be aware that the drugs are designed to lessen
the frequency and severity of exacerbations and therefore reduce
overall disability.
Similarly with treatment for a specific symptom of multiple sclerosis;
it is obvious why you are taking the drug - to help alleviate
the symptom, for example, Baclofen for spasticity or muscle spasms.
What is not so obvious, are the possible side effects.
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