The goal of palliative care is to achieve the best possible quality of life for a person with severe or complex health needs. Palliative care focuses on your individual requirements and experience, and not on the underlying disease. It should involve you and your family, helping you manage your MS symptoms and providing emotional and spiritual support as you require.

There have been several small studies looking at whether deliberately exposing people with multiple sclerosis to parasitic worms (helminths) can reduce their levels of inflammation and reduce their MS disease activity.

Paroxetine is an antidepressant drug, one of a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) which increase serotonin levels in the brain. It is normally prescribed for depression, particularly accompanied by anxiety.

Paroxysmal is a term that describes the way that some symptoms of multiple sclerosis come on very suddenly, last only a few seconds or minutes and then disappear just as quickly. Your health professionals may call them episodic symptoms.

In MS, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is used to ensure you get enough nutrients and prevent chest infections if you’re experiencing advanced swallowing problems (dysphagia).

Pets of all kinds can be wonderful companions. If you are worried about caring for your pet should your MS worsen, we have some tips.

There are over 14,500 community pharmacies or local chemists in the UK. As well as the traditional range of services provided, pharmacists are useful source of information about prescribed medicines, such as side effects or possible interactions if you are taking a number of medications.

Phenol is a chemical used in the treatment of severe spasticity or pain in MS, where other treatment options have proven ineffective.

Phenytoin is an anti-convulsant drug that works on the brain and spinal cord. Its main use is in epilepsy. In MS it can be used to treat trigeminal neuralgia or other painful sensations (dysaesthesia) if other approaches have not worked.