Findings from a study recently announced that a steroid drug can now be used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) in addition to the usually prescribed MS drugs. This finding was part of the Late-breaking Science Program at the American Academy of Neurology’s 61st Annual Meeting in Seattle, held in April 25 – May 2, 2009.

From Science Daily:

Using a steroid drug for multiple sclerosis (MS) in addition to an MS drug may reduce the amount of disease activity more than using the MS drug alone, according to a study that will be presented as part of the Late-breaking Science Program at the American Academy of Neurology’s 61st Annual Meeting in Seattle, April 25 – May 2, 2009.

At the beginning of the study and again after three years, the researchers measured the size of lesions in the brain that are a sign of disease activity. For those receiving both drugs, the lesions stayed the same size or shrunk, while the size of the lesions grew for those taking only interferon.

“These results indicate that these two drugs may have a synergy when taken together and provide a more beneficial effect on the disease activity,” said study author Mads Ravnborg, MD, of the Danish Multiple Sclerosis Research Center at Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark.

In the study, 341 people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) participated. Half of the participants were given both steroid drug methylprednisolone, plus the regular weekly treatment with the drug interferon beta-1a. Meanwhile, the other 50% of the participants were administered with the interferon drug plus a placebo. The participants who were administered with both drugs had 38 percent fewer relapses than those who were only given interferon drug.

These results showed that interfon work only moderate and not everyone responds fully to the treatment, but when combined with steroid drug methylprednisolone, more beneficial effects of controlling multiple sclerosis attacks.

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