Conversations on MS with Dr. Robert Gross, recorded live in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on June 12, 2025.
TOPICS ADDRESSED IN THIS SESSION:
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- 4:00 Metformin and clemastine remyelination study
- 8:02 Link between arsenic poisoning and autoimmune disease/risk factors and genetic predisposition
- 10:43 Gut microbiome
- 12:55 White blood cell counts
- 13:37 First degree relatives (parents and kids)
- 16:31 Link between number of oligoclonal bands and MS prognosis
- 18:36 Treatment over 55
- 24:39 Assessing risks and benefits of DMTs as you age
- 26:58 Subcutaneous ocrelizumab
- 28:10 Link between arthritis and MS / comorbidities
- 29:35 Memory and brain lesions / cognition / neurological reserve
- 33:20 Bladder issues
- 37:39 MS cough
- 38:31 Late onset MS
- 40:48 Foot drop / drag
- 44:19 Secondary Progressive MS
- 45:17 Mavenclad
- 46:29 Immunotherapy
- 47:19 BTK inhibitors
- 51:15 Life expectancy with MS
- 53:26 Medical marijuana / cannabis
- 57:50 Stem cells
- 1:01:54 Thinking about going off DMT / de-escalation
- 1:03:49 Ocrevus dosing frequency
- 1:05:31 How do anti-CD20 therapies work?
- 1:09:57 Research and a cure
- 1:13:43 PEMF mat / evaluating new products and treatments
- 1:15:47 Location of lesions and symptoms
- 1:17:36 Will MS DMTs improve daily symptoms?
- 1:19:58 Timing vaccinations with DMTs
- 1:21:56 Muscle relaxers
- 1:24:09 MS flare/exacerbation or something else?
