I took Avonex for about ten years. I stopped because of elevated liver enzyme levels. I have frequent urinary tract infections, muscle spasms, drag my right foot, can't walk without the aid of walkers or a power chair. I have no balance and my back is very painful when I try to stand up straight, my legs give out on me and I can't get up, I'm like limp noodle. I fatigue very fast. I have diabetes, and struggle with my blood sugar levels. I'm over weight. I had open heart surgery, valve and triple bypass, but unable to exercise or walk.

There is really nothing currently for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. When I had relapse I tried Avonex. I'm also on baclofen for muscle spasms, and Norco for pain. All of these meds deal with symptoms not a cure! How about something to make these symptoms go away!

I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at age 50. I am still mobile but now use a cane. I have balance issues and some falling. I only take baclofen as the injectable medicine did seem to help. I am about to try other oral medicines.

I have Avonex. I had one serious flare up in 2000 which led to my diagnosis. I started on Avonex then and have been on it ever since. I have had no side effects nor flare ups since I started on the Avonex.

I was diagnosed with MS in 2005 at the age of 44. I woke up one morning with numbness in my lower back and right leg. This was on a Thursday. By the weekend I was totally numb from the waist down. I couldn't feel my feet touching the floor. I saw my doctor on Monday and had an MRI to see if I had a disc problem. It was negative and she told me she feared MS. I was sent to a neurologist, had two more MRIs, and was told that night that I have four lesions on my spine � MS. I did the steroid treatments for three days, got my feeling back, then went numb from the waist up. I received more steroid treatments. My neurologist and I decided to go with the Rebif therapy. I have been taking shots since 2005 and nobody would ever know that I have MS. I lead a totally normal life. My doctor started me on medication immediately and I believe that is why my symptoms are gone. My lesions have even shrunk.

I was diagnosed with MS in 2004 after being mis-diagnosed with Lupus 10 years prior. It got so bad that I was in a wheel chair. I lost control of my bladder and bowels. I took 2 years of Betaseron without having any improvements. I went through three total treatments of CAMPATH, which is experimental, but soon to be approved for use for MS. It turned me around. I am walking without assistance from anything, have been walking 4 miles a day, I've had a decreased number of attacks/flair-ups, and my fatigue is way down. It's been 3 years since my last dose and my last MRI showed two new very small lesions from the previous year. I believe in this drug! It turned my life around. I pray that this drug will be approved soon so people will have another choice to treating their MS. I can't begin to sing its praises. It is the most near normal I have felt in many years. Now it is wearing off and symptoms are reappearing and this medication is off the market and it can't be used until it is approved. I am very scared of what I will be facing next.