Risk of developing MS

In the general population in the UK, about 1 in 600* people has multiple sclerosis (MS) with genes and environmental factors both playing a role. Read more about the risk of developing MS in this A-Z entry.
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Risk-sharing Scheme

The Risk-sharing Scheme is the Scheme that was introduced in 2002 to ensure the availability of the first line disease modifying drug therapies - beta interferon and glatiramer acetate - on the NHS to people with certain types of multiple sclerosis.
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Safeguarding and MS

Safeguarding means protecting people from harm, abuse and neglect. Anyone can be a risk of abuse, including people with MS who need care and support. If you or someone you know is at risk, here's how to raise a concern.
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Sativex (nabiximols)

Sativex (nabiximols) is the first cannabis-based medicine to be licensed in the UK. The drug can prescribed for the treatment for MS-related spasticity when a person has shown inadequate response to other symptomatic treatments or found their side effects intolerable. Sativex can be used in addition to a person's current anti-spasticity medication.
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Secondary progressive MS

Multiple sclerosis is a lifelong condition which affects the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). In secondary progressive MS (SPMS), symptoms gradually worsen and accumulate over time, known as progression.
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Second opinion

If you are not happy with the treatment you have received from a health professional, you can ask for a second opinion. Although there is no legal right to a second opinion, requests are usually accepted.
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Sexual problems for men with MS

Sexual difficulties – particularly erectile dysfunction and difficulty reaching orgasm – are common in men with MS. Sexual problems often result from a complex interaction of physical, social, psychological and emotional elements.
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Sexual problems for women with MS

Sexual difficulties are common in women with MS. Not all sexual problems will be as a direct result of multiple sclerosis and often result from a complex interaction of physical, social, psychological and emotional elements.
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Side effects

Side effects are unwanted effects caused by a medical treatment. Not everyone taking the treatment will get side effects and they are usually reversible.
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