Although traditional medicine uses prescription drugs to fight MS, there are other treatment options available.  Many alternative medical techniques also fight multiple sclerosis symptoms, easing pain, relieving stress and improving nervous system function.  Although the traditional method does not promote alternative medicine, many patients are choosing to incorporate alternative medical techniques into their treatment plans.

The traditional MS treatment relies on potent medications such as: steroids, which halt immune system activity; interferon drugs which, as the name suggests, interfere with the immune response or trap immune cells in the lymph nodes; and cytotoxins, which kill certain cell groups to control immune system attacks. That said, traditional medicine does have methods to fight MS that do not involve drugs: the first, plasma exchange, uses technology to separate blood cells from blood plasma and substitutes plasma from a healthy donor, using a procedure somewhat like dialysis. The second method, known as …