Miracle Drug For MS Sufferers

200 new cases of multiple sclerosis are diagnosed each week in the U.S. it’s a debilitating disease but now there’s new hope for patients.

In this Healthy Living report, a brand new drug that some are calling a miracle.

It was a diagnosis that hit the Rydalch family out of the blue. The day before Thanksgiving 2006, Clint Rydalch was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Just a few months ago, he was so ill, he couldn’t move.

“I was in bed, couldn’t move, talk to anything. I couldn’t even eat,” says Clint.

“He had to get a feeding tube, he had no memory and couldn’t remember me, the kids, the family,” says Clint’s wife Cindy.

But thanks to a brand new drug for MS called Tysabri Clint is making his way back.

In patients with MS, the protective shield surrounding nerves is attacked by cells and damaged, causing a short circuit in the nervous system. That leads to problems with vision, movement and energy among other things.

Tysabri works by blocking these damaging cells. Doctor John Foley specializes in MS and says results of this drug are very promising.

“In a fairly large number we’re seeing a reversal or improvement of symptoms, in some cases to a fairly dramatic degree,” says Dr Foley.

The drug is given once a month by IV, clint says he noticed immediate results.

Clint says, “my first day after Tysabri I could talk again, move and even sit up in bed with a little help.”

And after four treatments, he’s even back to work part time. This drug is only for certain patients with MS and it can’t be taken with other treatments because a severe brain virus can occur. But for the Rydalch family, it’s been nothing short of a miracle.

Cindy says, “From day one we started noticing miracles, really.”Tysabri is usually given after patients don’t respond to other drug treatments.

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