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Questions for your doctor
You probably have lots of questions you’d like to ask your doctor about your diagnosis. It can be worth making a list and taking this with you to your appointment. Here are some suggestions:
- What types of symptoms are usually associated with MS?
- Are these symptoms permanent?
- What are the different forms of MS?
- How do they differ?
- What is the natural course of MS?
- How does it progress?
- How often will I or my relative need to see you or other doctors or healthcare professionals?
- Will having MS change my or my relative's lifestyle?
- Will I or my relative be able to carry on working?
- Where can I or my relative obtain advice and support on living with MS?
- What treatments are available for MS?
- How do they work?
- Do any of these treatments change the natural course of the disease?
- In what other ways can MS drug treatments help?
- Why are MS drug treatments given by injection?
- What trials have been done to support the use of MS treatments?
- What types of patients were in these trials? Were the results repeated in clinical practice?
- What are the most important things to think about when choosing an MS treatment?
- What are the long-term factors I or my relative should think about before deciding on a plan for managing my MS?
- What non-drug and therapist support is available?
- Are there other trials studying other drugs for MS?
- Am I or my relative eligible to take part in any of these trials?
- What has been the experience of patients on long-term treatment for MS?
Did you know?
MS affects about three times as many women as men.
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