Questions to Ask. Blast from the past

CLINICSPEAK-These are some questions ProfG posed

The following is a list of questions you may want to ask your neurologist when a decision is being made about starting a disease-modifying therapy (DMT) for treating multiple sclerosis (MS).

What is multiple sclerosis?
Are you sure that you have MS?
What type of MS do you have?
What prognostic group do you fall into?
What is the risk of you not being treated with a DMT?
Do you have active MS?
Am I eligible for treatment with a DMT?
Do you understand the difference between the treatment strategies of maintenance-and-escalation and induction therapy?
Do you understand the concept of treat-2-target of no evident disease activity (NEDA)?

ClinicSpeak: questions your neurologist should ask you 13 Aug 2015

Therefore I would encourage all of you to ask your neurologist to ask you these questions:

1. What do you understand your prognosis to be?
2. What are your concerns about what lies ahead?
3. What tradeoffs are you willing to make?
4. How do you want to spend your time if your health (disabilities) worsen?
5. Who do you want to make decisions for you if you can't make them yourself?

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