Conversations on MS with the Rocky Mountain MS Center Medical Director Dr. Enrique Alvarez, recorded live in Colorado Springs on October 29, 2024.
** PLEASE NOTE: We are aware of some auto-focus issues throughout this video, due to lighting and camera positioning during the live event. We’re sorry we could not correct these issues for this session, but are working to ensure this doesn’t happen again. Sorry for the inconvenience. **
TOPICS ADDRESSED IN THIS SESSION
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- 3:02 Cognition and walking backward
- 4:44 Choosing a DMT
- 8:55 Stopping or de-escalating a DMT
- 13:16 Low dose naltrexone
- 15:08 Biotin
- 15:58 Statins, alpha lipoic acid
- 16:52 Supplements including vitamin D, magnesium, etc.
- 19:28 Side effects including adverse events with high efficacy therapies
- 31:47 Biotin + NAD
- 33:23 Sativex / Cannabis
- 39:26 Botox
- 41:20 Functional electrical stimulation (FES) / Cionic Sleeve
- 48:45 Progression/worsening and progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA)
- 59:30 Fatigue
- 1:03:08 Sleep
- 1:04:40 Diet and exercise
- 1:08:15 Make small changes
- 1:10:08 Hip flexor weakness and foot drop
- 1:11:20 Contrast in MRIs
- 1:19:14 Brain atrophy
- 1:21:15 Ocrevus Zunovo (recently approved injection)
- 1:24:53 AI and MS diagnosis, treatment, and research