My doctor has recommended me to consider a treatment of Novantrone. When taking this medication are other MS medications such as Copaxone stopped?
There are differences of opinion on this matter. In two previous studies, Mitoxantrone (Novantrone) was used alone or combined with steroids. Some doctors use the drug alone because that is what was done in these studies. Other doctors continue the previous medication combined with the mitoxantrone, hoping that the combination might be more effective that either medication alone. A recent study was done of physician’s practices regarding mitoxantrone (the RENEW study). In this study, about 70% of patients continued their previous medication after mitoxantrone was added. Only further research can determine which of these two approaches will be the most beneficial.
