TY - JOUR
T1 - Approach to Symptom Management in Multiple Sclerosis with a Focus on Wellness
AU - Goldman, Myla D.
AU - Spain, Rebecca
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
PY - 2022/8/1
Y1 - 2022/8/1
N2 - PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article describes an approach to symptom management in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), emphasizing healthy lifestyles and evidence-based treatments. RECENT FINDINGS Growing evidence supports healthy nutrition, exercise, and emotional well-being (wellness) as foundational for MS symptom management. A stepped approach starts with healthy lifestyle practices and adds nonpharmacologic, pharmacologic, and procedural-based therapies balancing levels of evidence, risks, and potential benefits. The growing availability of cannabis and widespread use of dietary supplements in self-management of MS symptoms raise both therapeutic promises and challenges. SUMMARY Wellness approaches for MS symptom management foster self-reliance and should be reinforced early and often. Recognition of symptom clusters and medical comorbidities helps limit polypharmacy.
AB - PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article describes an approach to symptom management in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), emphasizing healthy lifestyles and evidence-based treatments. RECENT FINDINGS Growing evidence supports healthy nutrition, exercise, and emotional well-being (wellness) as foundational for MS symptom management. A stepped approach starts with healthy lifestyle practices and adds nonpharmacologic, pharmacologic, and procedural-based therapies balancing levels of evidence, risks, and potential benefits. The growing availability of cannabis and widespread use of dietary supplements in self-management of MS symptoms raise both therapeutic promises and challenges. SUMMARY Wellness approaches for MS symptom management foster self-reliance and should be reinforced early and often. Recognition of symptom clusters and medical comorbidities helps limit polypharmacy.
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U2 - 10.1212/CON.0000000000001140
DO - 10.1212/CON.0000000000001140
M3 - Article
C2 - 35938657
AN - SCOPUS:85135548128
SN - 1080-2371
VL - 28
SP - 1052
EP - 1082
JO - CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology
JF - CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology
IS - 4
ER -