MS Research Update: Myelin Repair #shorts

🚨 This MS medication could promote myelin repair! Here’s what to know 👇

Myelin (aka the protective coating around your nerves) gets damaged in MS, leading to all kinds of frustrating symptoms.

Most MS medications focus on slowing relapses, but this new research shows that Teriflunomide could actually help restore our damaged myelin!! 🙌

Here’s how it works 🧠:

1️⃣ Teriflunomide supports the mature cells that are responsible for rebuilding myelin.

2️⃣ It boosts mitochondrial health in these cells, giving them the energy they need to repair and regrow.

3️⃣ Whether taken in pulses or continuously, Teriflunomide improved myelin repair in a research model.

So, what does this mean for you? Functional myelin repair could:

✅ Protect your nerves from further damage
✅ Improve nerve function
✅ Reduce long-term disability

As an MS-specialized physical therapist, I’m excited about this research because it focuses on remyelination, not just immune system suppression. 👩‍⚕️

I’ll keep you posted as more info comes out, but this is an amazing step toward combining repair with symptom management.

Want to read the full article? Comment “ARTICLE” and I’ll send you the link! 💬

[DoctorGretchenHawley]

🚨 This MS medication could promote myelin repair! Here’s what to know 👇

Myelin (aka the protective coating around your nerves) gets damaged in MS, leading to all kinds of frustrating symptoms.

Most MS medications focus on slowing relapses, but this new research shows that Teriflunomide could actually help restore our damaged myelin!! 🙌

Here’s how it works 🧠:

1️⃣ Teriflunomide supports the mature cells that are responsible for rebuilding myelin.

2️⃣ It boosts mitochondrial health in these cells, giving them the energy they need to repair and regrow.

3️⃣ Whether taken in pulses or continuously, Teriflunomide improved myelin repair in a research model.

So, what does this mean for you? Functional myelin repair could:

✅ Protect your nerves from further damage
✅ Improve nerve function
✅ Reduce long-term disability

As an MS-specialized physical therapist, I’m excited about this research because it focuses on remyelination, not just immune system suppression. 👩‍⚕️

I’ll keep you posted as more info comes out, but this is an amazing step toward combining repair with symptom management.

Want to read the full article? Comment “ARTICLE” and I’ll send you the link! 💬

[oshala]

I have been on this drug for a long time now with great results for me and my MS

[XtineGro]

Thank you Dr. Gretchen, but I already have this article.

[lanajordan]

Article please!! I'm currently doing PT twice a week trying to prevent disability progression!! This is so exciting!

[elizabethweatherby]

I was diagnosed with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. I wonder if this may also benefit patients with diseases that damage the myelin sheath.

[dawnkos]

Can this medication cause PML? What are the other side effects?

[ginasnyder]

Article. This is what I’m currently taking. Good to know.

[VisiblyInvisibleMS]

Article! I'm so excited! Is there a clinical trial? Will I be able to get it before I'm 70? 😂 I want to know everything! Let's

[CatsByML]

ARTICLE. Thanks for the valuable information.

[terismith]

That’s what take. I start in 2018 and during last Christmas had my first relapse 6 years of having no MS issues.

[WendiWalker-mz]

It is Aubagio. It is great when it works for you. But be sure to get that yearly MRI. The doctor can tell if you get new lesions while taking and change your DMT. Unfortunately, this happened to me. But it is a great medicine to take!

[ICENHOUR]

This is what I started after dx! My one and only DMT. I've been on it since May. This revelation makes me tear up. I hope it truly does repair myelin. I want the old me back if possible. 😢 This + Ampyra- May of 2024.

[wcyoung]

Isn’t that Aubagio? Its been on the market a while, are many of the people taking it rebuilding myelin?