# tecfidera

**URL:** <https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/tecfidera/26257>\
**Category:** Everyday living\
**Created:** [15 February 2015 12:23 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/tecfidera/26257 "2015-02-15T12:23:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2015 12:23 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/tecfidera/26257/1 "2015-02-15T12:23:18Z")

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i’ve been on tecfidera for a month and am just wondering about blood tests.

for some reason i’m sure my ms nurse said i’d be given blood tests.

i don’t want to bother her with a call because she s very busy and totally fabulous.

carole x

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**Author:** ![Minnie\_mouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Minnie\_mouse](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Minnie_mouse)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2015 12:46 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/tecfidera/26257/2 "2015-02-15T12:46:31Z")

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I was told blood tests every 3 months

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**Author:** ![Irons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/0ea827/32.png) [@Irons](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Irons)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2015 14:23 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/tecfidera/26257/3 "2015-02-15T14:23:11Z")

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I have been on tecfidera for four weeks now.

I am due a blood test next week. So i will have been on it for five weeks when i have the blood test.

I am then due another blood test after another three months and then it will be every six months.

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**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2015 14:26 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/tecfidera/26257/4 "2015-02-15T14:26:19Z")

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thank you for your replies.

i don’t trust my memory these days but it seems it was right this time.

i’ll ring my ms nurse tomorrow.

carole x

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**Author:** ![Paolo\_Smythe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a587f6/32.png) [@Paolo\_Smythe](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Paolo_Smythe)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2015 16:54 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/tecfidera/26257/5 "2015-02-16T16:54:49Z")

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blood tests every three months for me. i will not be given my refill unless i report an adequate bill of health.

tecfidera, not technically an immuno-suppressor but is an immuno-modulator, will cause a decline in the blood cell variety called lymphocytes.

the predicted reduction of these cells is about 50% and if it takes you down to a ‘dangerous’ level, future risks of complications could arise, which you will have to be aware of to make a completely informed decision regarding your ‘MS battle plan’.

i am 4 - 5 months in on Tecfidera and have found that my lymph has gone down by half, but thankfully, this now puts me at a ‘low normal’ level. hopefully this is an initial response of my physiology to the introduction of a new molecule and this will not persist to further 50% reductions when i get the second blood test in a few months. if it does… well that will be some bad news.

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**Author:** ![Wilf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e68b1a/32.png) [@Wilf](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Wilf)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2015 19:51 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/tecfidera/26257/6 "2015-02-16T19:51:11Z")

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The ms team put a letter in with the drugs saying I needed to get regular blood tests with the gp nurse.

Two weeks (Fbc&Lft)

1month (Fbc&Lft)

3&6 months (Fbc&Lft&U&E & urine test) then every 6 months