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Central Lake, MI

What is it?

November 17, 2022
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A MyMSTeam Member

Acthar is in infused steroid. For ms purposes, when a person has a flare up. you give steroids. Steroids are a strong anti inflammatory medications. The goal is to stop the flam up quickly and prevent it from getting worse.

November 17, 2022
A MyMSTeam Member

Thank you for the info.

January 21, 2023
A MyMSTeam Member

It's adrenal corticotropic hormone
ACTH is a hormone that tricggers the adrenal glands, on top of the kidneys, to produce cortisol, replicating the effects of taking prednisone.

It's basically a substitute for prednisone. Insurance companies don't often like to cover it due to higher cost. https://www.the-rheumatologist.org/article/do-n...

November 17, 2022 (edited)

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