Going From Tysabri To Ocrevus

July i contracted meningitis and was hospitalized for 8 days sent home with a picc line to infuse myself for 6 days.

Going from tysabri to ocrevus.

I said goodbye to tysabri natalizumab and am now on ocrevus ocrelizumab as my disease. If i m being honest though i m not 100 sure how long the infusion is supposed to take because i usually have to pause it several times for one reason or another. I made the treatment switch that so many people with multiple sclerosis are talking about. Early on with tysabri there were a lot of pml cases because people were also taking interferon.

I think if the doctor gives you the green light then you should go on ocrevus. It ended up being 3 months due to insurance approval lagging. Reviews and ratings for tysabri. There weren t good alternative options for me at the time.

Ocrevus hadn t been approved and i can t take gilyenia. According to wikipedia among jcv tysabri patients the incidence of pml is less than 0 009. I went for my first infusion on december 6 2018 and it actually really works. Once ocrevus was approved i did a washout period to be sure there wasn t any tysabri in my system.

For ocrevus corresponding data don t exist due to the drug s newness. I was diagnosed with m s almost 4 years ago and have been on tysabri and up until april of this year no problems. They then figured out that was a bad idea. Side effects of tysabri that are different from ocrevus include headache tired feeling joint or muscle pain redness or irritation at the injection site swelling hands feet ankles changes in menstrual cycle painful menstrual cramps stomach pain diarrhea skin rash and cold symptoms such as stuffy nose sneezing or sore throat.

Ocrevus rated 4 5 10 vs tysabri rated 7 8 10 in overall patient satisfaction. I always use to drag my left leg when. In april i was in the hospital 2 times.