MSNews Lesson #1: Getting stories by email
I'm going to be posting a series of mini-lessons on MSNews to help readers learn about some of the features and workings of the site. I'll make the stories sticky so they stay at the top of the page for a week.
MSNews Lesson #1: Getting stories by email
Did you know you can get MSNews stories emailed to you every day?
If you register, you can configure MSNews to send you any new stories
each day. You can choose to receive the whole story, a teaser, or just
the title. You can also get any comments made on stories sent to you.
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Registration is free and simple. Just pick a username and provide your
email address from this page (musn't be logged in already):
http://msnews.acceleratedcure.org/user/register
You'll receive an email with a link that will log you in so you can
set your password.
Once you have logged in, go to this page:
http://msnews.acceleratedcure.org/msnews/user/notify
and choose your notification settings.
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Hi. Spasticity is a very common, if not universal, symptom of MS. I experience a good bit of it when I get up in the morning. There are medications such as Baclofen which can lessen spasticity.
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spasticity and drug comparisons
Is anyone aware of stories about the various anti-spasticity drugs for comparison? After many years of MS I am still walking, but not for long distances and very stiffly because of constant muscle hypertoning that sometimes produces awkward leg spasms. I work full-time still but function rather tiredly on a sleeping routine of only an hour or so at a time through the night before the hypertoned leg muscles wake me up by being about to go into spasm (slow, careful shifting of position usually averts a full-blown spasm, but not always, and the routine makes for a very broken sleeping pattern). I am being urged to consider Baclofen, but what I've read suggests it might actually reduce the strength I still rely upon and the drug has to be taken all the time. Another doctor says intermittent use of Zanaflex might help without reducing remaining strength or producing dependency. However, I've not found any actual functional comparison of these or other spasticity drugs, so I wondered if others knew of any useful stories/studies to check further.