Hello, I have to choose my DMD and I really don’t know what to choose, me and my partner wish to start a family in the future, but do not want MS to jeopardise that as hard as that may be😭 I’m 31. I know it’s my body but it’s not as easy as getting pregnant right now as funds come into play but I just worry about my future
If anyone can help me I would be greatly appreciated x
If you don’t mind waiting a year, or so, it might be worth asking about Lemtrada as an option. The treatment is given as two annual courses and after that you should be ok.
The only DMD I am aware of that is considered safe during pregnancy is Copaxone, although it’s not the most effective.
Obviously it’s something you need to discuss with your Neuro.
" Women of childbearing potential and pregnancy
If you are a woman of childbearing age, we require a negative urine pregnancy test before starting alemtuzumab infusions. Alemtuzumab is not teratogenic, i.e. it does not cause birth defects. However, we don’t advise patients to fall pregnant whilst significantly immunosuppressed. Ideally, patients should delay falling pregnant until after they have completed their second course of alemtuzumab. If a woman falls pregnant before the second course, we simply delay the second course until after delivery, and the woman has stopped breastfeeding."
Alemtuzumab - by Gavin Giovannoni - MS-Selfie (substack.com)
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