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Q&A-5 for paid subscribers
When to flip the pyramid? What new MS therapies are interesting? Brain volume loss in clinical practice?
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Cladribine
Cladribine is a selective immune reconstitution therapy (IRT) and is the only IRT on the WHO List of Essential Medicines for treating multiple…
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Q&A session 4 for paid subscribers
How many people clear EBV from having AHSCT? ... Regarding anti-CD20 therapies, would you recommend ocrelizumab (Ocrevus) or ofatumumab (Kesimpta)?
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Is the neurological examination obsolete?
I recently saw a new neurologist when I relapsed. He did a cursory examination that took two or three minutes and told me my EDSS was 4.5. Is it…
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Q&A session 3 for paid subscribers
Will the ATARA-Bio's trial of ATA188 be positive? Does rituximab get into the CNS and kill EBV-infected B-cells? Are sebaceous cysts and rosacea…
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Is there a need for MS self-management flowcharts or algorithms?
Listen now (12 mins) | The issues people with MS have regarding their long-term management are not too dissimilar to patients with dementia....
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Gavin Giovannoni
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August 2023
Q&A-2 session for paid subscribers
Listen now (2 mins) | Siponimod or not? To start a DMT or wait? T-cell and B-cell repopulation post-HSCT?
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Multiple sclerosis and seizures
Listen now (16 mins) | Seizures and epilepsy (recurrent unprovoked seizures) are relatively common in people with MS. In the MS-Selfie podcast and…
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Q&A-1 session for paid subscribers
Q1: Would you recommend this stem cell therapy as a treatment for MS? Q2: My first MS symptoms were triggered by hepatitis B vaccination; would you…
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Gavin Giovannoni
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To cure or not to cure MS, that is the question
Listen now (19 mins) | The billion-dollar question: Did early treatment with oral cladribine cure most of these subjects with CIS?
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Do you suffer from restless legs syndrome?
Listen now (20 mins) | Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is an unpleasant or uncomfortable sensation in your legs and an irresistible urge to move them. Does…
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Gavin Giovannoni
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Gum disease and MS
Listen now (16 mins) | People with multiple sclerosis are at increased risk of periodontitis or gum disease, which may be linked to worse MS outcomes…
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Gavin Giovannoni
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