Multiple Sclerosis: New Hope and Practical Advice for People with MS and Their Families

Once known as the "crippler of young adults," now more than 75 percent of MS patients will never need a wheelchair. In Multiple Sclerosis, Dr. Louis J. Rosner and Shelley Ross explain that there genuinely is new hope, more than ever before, both for controlling the disease today and curing it tomorrow.

Updated with the latest research and terminology, this revised edition gets to the bottom of every treatment option from the tried-and-true to today's cutting-edge and experimental therapies. Its trusted advice covers every step of living with MS, what you need to know, and what you need to ask. Dr. Louis Rosner and Shelley Ross explain what the disease is, who gets it and why, and what people with MS can do to continue living happy and healthy lives. Whether you or your loved one has just been diagnosed with MS or has lived with it for a while, Multiple Sclerosis gives you the information you need to live well with the disease, including:

• The diagnosis: how to understand and identify MS as early as possible

• The varying symptoms and courses of the disease: how to recognize and treat them

• The emotional struggles that come with MS: where to turn for support

• The most current medical research and therapies available to MS patients: how to know if they are right for you

For decades, this trusted handbook has helped those with MS and their families and friends to treat and understand their disease. Research brings us closer to a cure every day, but until that day comes, patients have, in this book, the very best tool for beating MS -- the facts.

I'd made my appointment at UCLA with one of their "MS specialists," and only later realized it was the author. I was lucky-I cannot imagine a
neurologist explaining MS to me (in person, as well as in the book) any better than Dr. Rosner. Because this edition of the book (1992) is the latest
available, and Dr. Rosner is now retired, I have no idea if there are any plans for an updated edition. I would love to see one, but even though the book
does not touch on the new immunomodulating and chemo therapies now widely used in treating MS, it remains an extremely useful book in any "MS
library." I have yet to read a better, overall explanation of this baffling disease, and have recommended it to many.

Incidentally, the new therapies not covered in this book, were initially available only beginning in the early 90s, and then, only through a lottery. This is
why they are not touched on in this book.


A Positive look at MS   August 8, 2001
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This is a book that gave me hope shortly after being diagnosed. It is a book I bought a number of copies of to loan to family and friends. It does a good job of telling about MS without being quite so scary as most. It really could use some updating, a lot of advances have been made since it was published.


Positive attitude but needs updating   June 29, 1999
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I picked up 3 of the "recommended" books from Amazon.com at the same time and found this one to be the most positive in attitude. I am glad I read it first before jumping into the others. It offers a good overview.

It does need to be updated to include recent advances in treatment. Despite being written in in early 90's it bearly touches the wide-spread usage of the ABC treatments now available (Avonex, Betaserone, and Copaxone) among others. If someone could reach the authors and encourage an update!

I would still recommend it as a best place to start.