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DMT prescribing in Canada – survey results

 

Part 1

A majority of patients with multiple sclerosis in Canada are advised to start treatment with a disease-modifying therapy, most commonly with an anti-CD20 treatment, according to the results of a recent survey on NeuroSens. The survey was conducted from 27 February-31 March 2025 and received 64 responses from MS neurologists and nurses. Read More

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CLINICAL CASES IN MS: A 42 Y.O. WOMAN WITH A SEVERE RELAPSE ON DMF

 

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J.T. is a 42-year-old woman previously well except for frequent urinary tract infections, which included an episode of pyelonephritis with no known anatomical abnormality. She initially presented with two relapses about six months apart, a mild optic neuritis and a mild sensory myelopathy with excellent spontaneous recovery. Her EDSS score was 1.0.  She was started on dimethyl fumarate. Read More

Treatment discontinuation in MS: the DOT-MS trial

 

The newly-published Discontinuing Disease-modifying Therapies in Stable Relapsing-onset Multiple Sclerosis (DOT-MS) is the second important trial to examine the feasibility of discontinuing disease-modifying therapy (DMT) in patients with multiple sclerosis (Coerver et al. JAMA Neurol 2025;82:123-131). Read More

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