Until a cure for MS is ultimately found, researchers will focus on the only thing they can, which is to slow down the disease’s progression. Multiple Sclerosis Interferon treatment is still the most widely used to slow the progression of the disease and prevent relapses. Living with MS is extremely difficult. Its sufferers have to live with constant fatigue, depression, spasticity, difficulty walking, pain, and strange sensations and feelings in both the body and mind. Even vertigo is not uncommon. These and other symptoms are exaggerated when the patient has an attack, or a relapse.

So while the many new drugs that have been approved to relieve these and other symptoms are welcomed by the MS community of patients and doctors, the real focus remains on a cure – or in the absence of a cure – a way to either slow down the progression of the disease or the …