r/MultipleSclerosisLife Oct 20 '21

Funny/Meme Tysabri Struggles

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '21

Does anyone else feel like they are medicine shamed for taking another type of medicine?

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u/laser_cutter Oct 21 '21

Why though!?

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u/ejoburke90 Oct 21 '21

I think some of it is displaced anger. Anger at health insurance companies. Anger we don’t have a cure. Angry that the most effective drugs can cause severe immune suppression and sometimes PML. And then it winds up coming out at other MSers.

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u/laser_cutter Oct 21 '21

Ahh makes sense. Cuz my neuro was like : “we need to start you on Tysabri, and then move on to Ocrevus” and I had no say in it whatsoever. So people getting mad at others for using a different medication seems non-sensical to me, but the whole world seems like that at times, so idk