Hey folks, been wild quiet lately on this due to trying to process everything and understand it all, been in touch with my MS nurse here for Northern Ireland, and have chosen to go forward with dimethyl fumarate oral tablets, fingers crossed if see some sort of improvements when I start at the end of the month, it’s been a long wait this stage 
Anyone else on the above medication?
Hi Matt, hope you’re keeping as well as can be.
I’ve been on Tecfidera for nearly 8 years. In my experience it is a first class medication to be on. You will take 2 tablets a day, one in the morning and one at night, broadly speaking, about 12hrs apart. I find one with breakfast and dinner in the evening is perfect. You’ll read lots of posts on this forum about taking the tablets with starchy or carb heavy foods to aid digestion and fend off flushes, I’d say, experiment and find your own path. Personally, most mornings I tend to take my tablet with nothing more than a glass of water and 8 years on, I’m perfectly fine.
You’ll start on week 1 with a lower 120mg dose to introduce the medication to your body, then graduate to 240mg from week 2.
Your bloods will be taken every 12 weeks to check your lympho count and kidney & Liver functions. There are more serious risks of potential infection but they are so vanishingly rare I wouldn’t concern myself with them. Hot flushes or an upset stomach are about as bad as it gets. Personally, I used to get the occasional hot flush years ago but now, pretty much nothing at all.
Best news, tests show Tecfidera cuts relapses by up to 50%.
I’ve been relapse free and on clear annual MRIs for the 8 years I’ve been on it. Bloods are always good too. My EDSS score is also zero. Hopefully you’ll be the same.
Good luck on your journey.
Retro
Hey retro! 
that’s brilliant to hear! Long may it continue! Yeah, I had a great chat with my ms nurse about it all, and she was saying the same just split it with breakfast & dinner or lunch & supper whatever works best for me! Hopefully within the next 4 weeks I will be able to start the treatment, been a long 2yrs to get to this stage! Finally something on the horizon also and upset stomach, a bad takeaway can do that aswell 