Physical Disability Progression and Flare-ups

AVONEX helps delay physical disability progression

When you're first diagnosed with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS), you may be worried about your future physical disability progression.

In a two-year clinical study, it took significantly longer for people taking AVONEX to have increased physical disability, compared with people who weren't treating their MS. In fact, people taking AVONEX were 37% less likely to have increased physical disability after two years, compared with people who weren't taking a therapy for relapsing MS. This means that people who weren't taking a therapy for relapsing MS were nearly 60% more likely to have increased physical disability after two years.

AVONEX helps reduce flare-ups

For most people, flare-ups are some of the most noticeable signs of multiple sclerosis (MS). They're unpredictable and disruptive, so it's important to act right away to reduce them.

AVONEX has been proven to reduce the number of flare-ups.

In fact, in people who were taking AVONEX for the full two years of a study, AVONEX reduced flare-ups by 32% compared with people who weren’t treating their MS.

When including the people who didn’t take AVONEX for the full two years, AVONEX reduced flare-ups by 18% compared with people who weren’t treating their MS.

Experts agree that the sooner you start MS treatment, the better. That’s why it may be comforting to know that AVONEX has also been proven to work even if you've only had one attack.

In a study of people who had only experienced one attack,^a people taking AVONEX were 44% less likely to have a second flare-up at three years, compared with people who weren’t treating their MS.

1. A study of people who had experienced a first attack and had lesions consistent with MS on their MRIs.