If research is continuing, then there will be pre-clinical and clinical trials. The results can take 10 years before a drug is approved by Health Canada (our version of the FDA).

sad...a few years ago, the Mayo clinic discovered a compound that regrew myelin in rats, M1 myoclonal antibodies.

Acorda Therapeutics got the go-ahead to research and develop it. They were so good about explaining how clinical testing works, and had me on their mail list.

This was incredible news for people with MS, where the myelin is destroyed...but it is not on the market yet, and my sister died of MS last year.

She and we knew about this stuff...but it takes time, damn it.

And a young lady I know now with MS has one of the new drugs, and the effect has been amazing!

So for the future folks...tremendous hope!