Speaker: Kenneth Proefrock, NMD Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disabling disease of the central nervous system that affects people during early adulthood. Despite several US FDA-approved medications, the treatment options for MS are limited, and up to 70% or more of people with MS explore complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments to help control their MS and treat their symptoms. We discuss the CAM anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective therapies most frequently used, including dietary strategies, fatty acid supplementation, alpha-lipoic acid, vitamin D analogs, thiamine derivatives, and other supplementation for both relapsing and progressive forms of MS. We include an overview of the conventional pharmaceutical approaches to MS, many of which are relatively new, with eight new drug interventions approved over the past five years. These represent some interesting shifts in therapeutic strategy, and many are very compatible with botanical medicine interventions. Case histories are included to illustrate these therapies.

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