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(also known as Interferon beta-1a)
Interferon beta-1a is a drug in the interferon family used to treat multiple sclerosis. It is believed that Interferon-Beta based drugs achieve their beneficial effect on MS progress via their anti-inflammatory properties. Studies have also determined that Interferon-Beta improves the integrity of the blood-brain barri... more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Multiple Sclerosis (MS) | 876 |
65% |
| Narcolepsy | 1 |
100% |
| Financial Challenges | 1 |
100% |
| Coming Out | 1 |
100% |
| Antiphospholipid Syndrome | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 66% (883
Members)
find Avonex helpful
Avonex Reviews
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It is like the flu every Tues (injections are Mon night) but seems to be working well.
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still working according to my last MRI. Side effects of nausea were short lived and disappeared within 3 months.
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As far as I know, it's working. I still get flu like chills and a killer headache but it's all been managable.
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worked but I relapsed on it so they changed it.
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worked for a while side effects-flu like symptoms
Working / Worked
Avonex seems to be working, in the past three years on it I have only had one relapse and that was 1 and a half years ago. The flu like symptoms are not nice, but it beats the alturnative. Because I teach, I take my shot on the weekend before I go to sleep. I used to take provigil for fatigue, now I use ritalin and it gets me through my day. I do not use the ritalin during the weekend so it is more effective when I need it.
Working / Worked
Avonex works the best it can for me because it is once a week. I think I take .5ml. after I take the meds it have me with a fever, the chills, bones hurt, and sweating.
Working / Worked
No major relapses in about 5 years. Just seems to be a slow steady decline.
Working / Worked
started september 2008, not sure if it's working yet! Still having the flu like symptoms, but they have gotten better :-)
Working / Worked
So far so good. Had a minor relapse in Aug '08
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Discussions
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Anti-bodies to Rebif
Building antihodies to Rebif is actually saying you build them to interferon beta 1a which is the same thing to avonex. It is just taken in a differen... [More] -
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Hi Heather Yeah my doc said right away that they will need to monitor my liver function, which I am already doing every 3 months for the Avonex (inte... [More] -
If You Have "Flu-Like Sxs" frm interfers, why take
Well, I take Rebif cause it works for me. I started with the "China Rat Club" almost two years ago. Since I've been taking it my MRIs have ... [More] -
Top MS Myths Debunked
HEALTH FACTS & MYTHS Top Multiple Sclerosis Myths Debunked (NAPSI)-More than 400,000 Americans are affected by multiple sclerosis (MS), a ... [More] -
Rebif???
REBIF is an interferon beta-1a which is similar to AVONEX. Here is the subtle difference between the two: The specific activity of interferon beta-1a... [More]
