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@leco19 

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Rebif in pregnacy

Hello everyone, i'm new here, and i could really need advice. Does anybody have experience with rebif and pregnancy? I’m on Rebif since January 2020. Now i am 6 weeks pregnant. I talked with my neuro, and she told me that new studies (from 2020) showed that Rebif is okay during pregnancy, but i am...
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@charlotte_wright 

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Opinions of natalizumab

Hi everyone! I've found out my MDT are shifting me onto natalizumab, and I want to get people's opinions on how its improved their MS and how you feel about side effects you may get? I know I hate the post injection reactions from copaxone. I've also read that you can take it up to conception, main...
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@schjo 

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IVF and Tysabri

Hi all, Does anyone know if you can stay on Tysabri whilst having IVF? and if you become pregnant you then have to come off Tysabri? Thanks
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@Roxanne_Nicole_Howarth 

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Baclofen and pregnancy

Hello! Has anyone taken baclofen throughout their pregnancy? I came off it in order to have a baby but now I’m pregnant I am suffering so bad with leg spasms :( I can’t relax or sleep and I’m at my Whitt’s end but I am scared to take it as the study numbers are so low. I don’t think I can go on like...
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@Roxanne_Nicole_Howarth 

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Ms and early pregnancy

Hi everyone! I am 31 and currently 6 weeks pregnant with my first baby and I am suffering with the dreaded MS! I was under the impression MS is stable through pregnancy but this has not been the case for me for the last 3 weeks :( I’m just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience at all? ...
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@BeeFirefly 

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Seeking advice

Hi there im just wanting some advice and help really. In a nut shell I am 25 years old and had this illness since just shy of my 16th birthday (great gift that was) anyway last year after my birthday i suffered a miscarried (first time pregnant as well) and that sent me down a dark dark hole anyway ...
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@charlotte_wright 

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Ladies on lamotrigine

Hi guys. I've got epilepsy because of a lesion (yay), and talking to my gp, hes said that when I do start trying for kids, to discuss with him first because of my lamotrigine. So, obviously, I've looked on the bnf (a very good resource for looking at meds, and its what health professionals use) and ...
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@danielle24 

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Copaxone & pregnancy

Hey Guys I hope you are well. I had a question about the medication I’m on. I am 12 weeks pregnant and I am using Copaxone injections. Am I still allowed to inject in my tummy whilst I am pregnant or should I be injecting elsewhere? Thanks
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@cwright17 

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People's experiences with medication

Hi, after a recent spurt of relapses, my consultant and his team are putting me forward for a change in my medication. I am normally on the 3 times weekly copaxone, and they are looking at ocrelizumab. I've looked at the BNF, and medicines.org.uk, at the ocrelizumab, and wanted peoples take on it. L...
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@Dawson.McWatch 

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Post for men

I'm wondering if any men have experienced fertility issues? I'm on Ocrevus and wondering if the drug (or MS in general) can affect my sperm count/motility. Was it harder to conceive or were you even able to get your girlfriends/wives pregnant at all?
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