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Lemtrada: Hoping My Drip Stops Here

Lemtrada

I’m finished with my second round of Lemtrada (alemtuzumab). Hopefully, this will be the final round of this disease-modifying therapy (DMT) for me, and my final MS treatment of any kind. Though some have required more, most people treated with Lemtrada receive only two rounds. The first round consists of five infusions over five days. The second round, a year later, is three infusions over three days. If it works…Continue Reading

Lemtrada for my MS: Ups and downs

It’s been a month since I last posted here.  I’m sorry.  I’ve been spending my time riding a roller coaster. It’s the roller coaster of reactions that I was told to expect following my Lemtrada infusions.  I managed to avoid most of those reactions for the first month and I thought that I was home free.  Ha!  What could I have been thinking? Month-two began with a good lab report…Continue Reading