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Case study: gaslit for mentioning smouldering MS
Listen now (13 mins) | My neurologist refuses to do additional tests to diagnose smouldering MS. Is there anything I can do to stop smouldering MS?
 • Gavin Giovannoni
Q&A 22 - smouldering MS on ocrelizumab
Listen now (16 mins) | I have put this gradual worsening down to ageing. Could it be smouldering MS? Is there anything that can be done about…
 • Gavin Giovannoni
Smouldering MS - a new trial
Listen now (10 mins) | We need your help and feedback on a new trial design for smouldering MS. Would you be interested in volunteering to participate?
 • Gavin Giovannoni
Case study: managing smouldering MS
Would switching from fingolimod to siponimod make any difference? What about all the other potential treatments for smouldering MS? What would you…
 • Gavin Giovannoni
Smouldering MS: the real MS becomes a tractable problem
Tolebrutinib, a second-generation BTK inhibitor, is the first to show a reduction in disability accumulation in non-relapsing secondary progressive MS…
 • Gavin Giovannoni
Research: big data and smouldering MS
Listen now (9 mins) | Big data confirms smouldering MS is the dominant driver of disability worsening in MS and that age and loss of reserve is a major…
 • Gavin Giovannoni
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Q&A 65 - cladribine and smouldering MS
Cladribine impacts smouldering MS biology and is the main reason we are testing cladribine in more advanced MS to see its effect on upper limb function.
 • Gavin Giovannoni
MS-Selfie Q&A 12
Do all people with MS have smouldering disease? Do anti-CD20 therapies stop smouldering MS? I have smouldering MS on ocrelizumab; what should I do?
 • Gavin Giovannoni
Q&A 59: Will tolebrutinib change the willingness of neurologists to diagnose smouldering MS?
He told me to forget about smouldering MS and that I also don’t have secondary progressive MS. He told me to carry on as best I can. Am I going mad?
 • Gavin Giovannoni
Q&A 134: Spinal MRI monitoring - to do it or not
Listen now (13 mins) | Why don’t I have routine spinal cord monitoring as part of my annual MS assessments? Do standard MRIs detect smouldering lesions…
 • Gavin Giovannoni
Are you aware of SAW? Would you want to know if you had smouldering MS?
I am acutely aware of how often you, as people with MS or a spouse, partner or family member of someone with MS, have been gaslit when it comes to…
 • Gavin Giovannoni
Q&A 45 - Not to treat MS and smouldering MS
Do you agree with the decision of the two British Olympians and track stars, Lina and Laviai Nielsen, not to take disease-modifying therapies for their…
 • Gavin Giovannoni
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