Managing symptoms
A wide variety of medications are used to help manage the symptoms of MS. Below are common symptoms of MS and the medications used to treat those symptoms.
Bladder Problems
Dysfunction
- Botox (onabotulinumtoxin A)
- DDAVP Nasal Spray (desmopressin)
- Detrol (tolterodine)
- Ditropan (oxybutynin), Ditropan XL
- Enablex (darifenacin)
- Flomax (tamsulosin)
- Hytrin (terazosin)
- Minipress (prazosin)
- Oxytrol (oxybutynin)
- Pro-Banthine (propantheline)
- Sanctura (trospium chloride)
- Tofranil (imipramine)
- Vesicare (solifenacin succinate)
Infection
- Bactrim; Septra (sulfamethoxazole)
- Cipro (ciprofloxacin)
- Macrodantim (nitrofurantoin)
- Hiprex (methenamine)
- Pyridium (phenazopyridine)
Bowel Dysfunction
- Colace (docusate)
- Dulcolax (bisacodyl)
- Enemeez (docusate stool softener laxative)
- Fleet Enema (sodium phosphate)
- Mineral Oil
- Metamucil (psyllium hydrophilic musilloid)
- Phillips Milk of Magnesia (magnesium hydroxide)
- Sani-Supp suppository (gylcerin)
Depression
- Cymbalta (duloxetine hydrochloride)
- Effexor (velafaxine)
- Paxil (paroxetine)
- Prozac (fluoxetine)
- Wellbutrin (bupropion)
- Zoloft (sertraline)
Dizziness and Vertigo
- Antivert (meclizine)
Emotional Changes
- Nuedexta (dextromethorphan + quinidine)
Fatigue
- Amantadine
- Provigil (modafinil)
- Prozac (fluoxetine)
Itching
- Atarax (hydroxyzine)
Pain
- Dilantin (phenytoin)
- Elavil (amitriptyline)
- Klonopin (clonazepam)
- Neurontin (gabapentin)
- Pamelor; Aventyl (nortriptyline)
- Tegetrol (carbamazepine)
Sexual Problems
- Cialis (tadalafil)
- Levitra (vardenafil)
- Papaverine
- MUSE (alprostadil)
- Prostin VR (alprostadil)
- Viagra (sildenafil)
Spasticity
- Dantrium (dantrolene)
- Gablofen (baclofen [intrathecal])
- Klonopin (clonazepam)
- Lioresal (baclofen)
- Valium (diazepam)
- Zanaflex (tizanidine)
Tremors
- Laniazid – Nydrazid (isoniazid)
- Klonopin – Rivotril – Syn-Clonazepam (clonazepam)
Walking (Gait) Difficulties
- Ampyra (dalfamridine)
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