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I think i might drown in my own panties if Matt Bomer played Archer. Sploosh.

Which Golden Girl are you? I'd guess you're a Blanche. I'm a Dorothy.

It wasn't a double blind study. Everyone was randomized into two groups, one group being treatment with an existing MS drug called Rebif, and the second being Alemtuzumab. People who were randomized into the Rebif group received a round of infusions at the end of the two year study and were offered the same extension I was offered. Anyone still in the study (i was very likely the last person accepted into the study) at this point is on alemtuzumab now.

This is a tough one! After thinking about it, here are my answers.

1. While it is very regimented and I have to have blood drawn every month, I don't feel as much like a lab rat as you might think.

2. Not all drug studies are to see if a drug is safe. Campath is a cancer drug that has been used for quite a long time, this study is to see how it would work as an MS treatment and Alemtuzumab is the name given for the study.

I'm sorry to hear that your friend was diagnosed, but medicine has come such a long way! I hope that it can be fairly easily managed for him. :) May I ask if your friend was given this list by a neurologist who specializes in MS

At the very beginning I changed my diet and there were no advantages or disadvantages for me. I spoke to my neurologist about it and she is of the belief that you will generally feel better if you eat well and stay active, but does not believe that it has been proven to make any difference with MS. I have to say that I do not feel any better or worse when I'm eating well or poorly.