Ampyra the first week
After two days, DH said he had a side effect, his nose was itchy. He said if that was all he got he could live with it. By day three, he seemed to walk more than he has of late. He’s spent more time outside with the dogs too. This is encouraging.
I just hope he doesn’t push himself too hard before he used to moving about more. We had a new futon mattress arrive this morning and he managed to get it upstairs and get the old one down before I woke. I’m not certain if it had anything to do with the Ampyra or merely his stubbornness in not asking for help.
Watching him walk around I see that he seems a bit steadier on his feet and doesn’t toddle about as slow as before. Again, I’m not certain if it’s the drug helping or not. I’ll withhold my judgment for a while.
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Doggonedmysteries 
This definitely sounds encouraging. I’ve never heard of an itchy nose being a side effect of a drug, but if it is, I wish ALL side effects were that simple! Meclizine gave me a tingling in my hand along with an inability to hold a pen or coffee cup….after 2 doses…Arghhh. Another one, an antibiotic I can’t remember the name of, made me lethargic for about 18 hours, even after I stopped taking it and called the dentist asking for a different drug…he refused, btw.
We don’t know if the itchy nose was truly a side effect but it did itch for a couple days.
The dentist sounds like a fool. A reaction like that to an antibiotic isn’t something one should take lightly. I wouldn’t go back to him for sure.
The dentist was actually an oral surgeon, and don’t worry, I didn’t go back. I cancelled the appt I’d made with him and went to a general dentist.
That’s good.
It sounds very hopeful! I hope it is the medication at work, and that he continues to see improvement!
Me too! Me too!
Hope this is the beginning of good news for DH.
I heard a programme on BBC radio 4 last Sunday (The Food Programme- 12.30pm) where they were discussing Vitamin D and they said that they were investigating the effects of Vit D on MS and getting some positive results. You have probably heard about it already, but I thought I would mention it in case you hadn’t. I think it was Aberdeen University.
I have heard it and he takes vitamin D because I heard about it. 😉