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  • 12/7/2024

    Multiple sclerosis symptoms: optic neuritis

    Optic neuritis is the presenting feature of MS in 15 to 20 percent of patients and occurs in 50 percent of patients with MS at some time during the course of their illness.
  • 12/2/2024

    Multiple sclerosis symptoms: Dysphagia

    It’s estimated that more than one in three people with MS have trouble swallowing, according to a meta-analysis published in Neurological Sciences.
  • 10/17/2024

    MS Symptoms: muscle weakness

    In this ongoing series, Nancy Banoub examines the symptoms of MS, their cause and outlines potential remedial steps that can be taken to help mitigate these symptoms. Feel free to share with patients.
  • 8/6/2024

    Multiple Sclerosis symptoms: Dysarthria

    As the latest installment in this continuing series, pharmacist Nancy Banoub examines a symptom of MS that can cause communication difficulties for patients.
  • 5/29/2024

    Phamacogenomics and MS care

    May 30 is World MS Day. I’d like to take the opportunity to discuss the importance of pharmacogenomics in providing complete care for patients with multiple sclerosis.
  • 3/12/2024

    Symptoms of MS: Fatigue

    In this ongoing series for pharmacists, Nancy Banoub examines the symptoms of MS, their cause and outlines potential remedial steps that can be taken to help mitigate these symptoms.
  • 11/21/2023

    Symptoms of multiple sclerosis: Paroxysmal symptoms

    Although paroxysmal symptoms are not uncommon, they remain underrecognized and pose a diagnostic challenge, leading to a delay in the initial diagnosis of MS or failure to recognize signs of a relapse in patients with an established MS.
  • 9/11/2023

    MS Symptoms: Pain

    In this, the fifth installment of a series on the common signs and symptons of multiple sclerosis (MS) and what to do about them, Nancy Banoub talks about pain.
  • 7/4/2023

    Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis: Gait

    In this ongoing series, we look at the common signs and symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis—and what to do about them. this time—What is MS gait?
  • 4/25/2023

    Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis: Depression

    In this ongoing series, we look at the common signs and symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis—and what to do about them. Feel free to share this important information with your patients.
  • 4/5/2023

    Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis: Cognitive impairment

    In this ongoing series, we look at the common signs and symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis—and what to do about them.
  • 2/7/2023

    Symptoms of multiple sclerosis: Balance/dizziness issues, bladder and bowel dysfunction

    In this first of an ongoing series, we look at the common signs and symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis—and what to do about them.
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