DRUG | TYPE | HOW OFTEN | SUPPORT | FDA APPROVAL | Comments |
Aubagio | Pill | Once a day | MS One-to-One
855-676-6326 |
2012 | Teriflunomide |
Avonex | Injection
Into muscle |
Once a week | Above MS
800-456-2255 |
1996 | Beta 1-a |
Betaseron | Injection
Under skin |
Every other day | Betaplus
844-788-1470 |
1993 | Beta 1-b |
Copaxone | Injection
Under skin |
20mg daily
40mg 3x week |
Shared Solutions
800-887-800 |
1996 | Glatiramer acetate |
Extavia | Injection
Under skin |
Every other day | Go Program
866-398-2842 |
2009 | Beta 1-b |
Gilenya | Pill | Once a day | www.gilenya.com
800-445-3692 |
2010 | Fingolimod |
Glatopa | Injection
Under the skin |
20mg daily
40mg 3x week |
www.glatopa.com
855-452-8672 |
2015 & 2018 | Generic for Copaxone |
Lemtrada | Infusion | 5 days & 3 days
Separated by 1 year |
MS One-to-One
877-447-3243 |
2014 | Alemtuzumab |
Mavenclad | Pill | 2 treatment weeks, 1 month apart, repeated 1 year later | N/A | 2019 | Cladribine |
Novantrone | Infusion | Every 3 months | N/A | 2000 | No longer distributed in the US but available as generic: mitoxantrone hydrochloride. |
Ocrevus | Infusion | Every 6 months | Ocrevus Connects
844-627-3887 |
2017 | Ocrelizumab |
Plegridy | Injection | Every 2 weeks | Above MS
800-456-2255 |
2014 | Beta 1-a |
Rebif | Injection | 3 times a week | MS One-on-one
877-447-3243 |
1998 | Beta 1-a |
Rituximab | Infusion | www.gene.com | Not approved in US for MS | Used off-label to treat some cancers and rheumatoid arthritis | |
Tecfidera | Pill | Once a day | Above MS
800-456-2255 |
2013 | Dimethyl fumarate |
Tysabri | Infusion | Once a month | Above MS
800-456-2255 |
2006 | Natalizumab |
Zinbryta | Injection | Once a month | n/a | 2016 | Withdrawn from worldwide market 2 Mar 2018 |