An MS Patients Update to his Medication Vacation
By: Stuart Schlossman - July 8, 2008

This segment is the fourth and final update to my Hiatus stories which began on April 3rd, 2008

There are many who write or call me asking how I am feeling or how I am doing since my vacation from my much needed MS Medication. Of course at the time of my taking my vacation there must have been great mental confusion or instability that made me question the effectiveness of the medication. So many always asking me how we know that it ( whichever of the ms meds), works or not.

*An MS Story - POST HIATUS ( 3rd story in this series)- written April 15th
*The follow-up OF (the) "My Hiatus" Story .. written April 9th
*My Hiatus from my MS Medication - The Pros and Cons - a valuable lesson learned.... - written April 3rd, 2008

And after what happened to me (read the stories in order of date, if you need to catch-up to present) and what I can attest, is that the medication does work. When asked by doctors why I did this or when it was said that I should have known better, there was no way for me to correctly answer. I guess I became the Guinea pig for all else to learn-from.

It's been almost (3) months now since my last letter concerning that exercise in stupidity (stopping the medication). Sure, many of us have taken breaks or have wanted to take breaks.

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