Reply To: New Development, Need Advice

You need to take into consideration many things when treatment is selected. i.e. if you already have borderline high blood sugar or cataracts or osteoporosis then steroids will exacerbate those conditions and are unlikely a good choice. If you have underlying conditions like diverticululitis or IBS or frequent bouts of pneumonia then things like Immuran or Cellcept can trigger the underlying infection and cause life threatening illness. So you have to be very informed and ask lots of questions before consenting to a treatment. Don’t just nod your head and accept the treatment presented as the right one because a neurologist wants you to have it. They see tons of people with varying medical histories and often you have to refresh their memories of your medical history. Unfortunately finances can play a big role in treatment options.