Early treatment favored in AMA journal.(American Medical Association) From: Inside MS | Date: October 1, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The National MS Society's Medical Advisory Board has long recommended that people consider treatment as soon as possible after diagnosis with relapsing forms of MS, and, in some cases, people considered at high risk should consider treatment even before definite diagnosis.

However, some continue to argue that early treatment may be unnecessary.

A special section of the April 2006 issue of the American Medical Association's Archives of Neurology focused on the...