User Reviews for Ampyra oral

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Transformative. 100% improvement in walking. 60% improvement in other symptoms

I am writing this for my deseeded wife. She had MS since1999 In 2010 was put on ampyra for 2Weeks did walk better. She had a seizure on 14th day. She died July2013 of Seizure Disorder with end stage MS. She never had seizures before in her life

I took this for 2 months, no difference so my doc said to stop taking it!

The use of Ampyra has changed my life. My walking speed has improved but the real benefit is that it is easier to walk. I was having a very difficult time doing errands, shopping, etc. I now have the ability to not only handle my own affairs but to supervise a group home for eight clients. Tasks such as grocery shopping and house cleaning are now possible although fatigue is an ever present issue in my daily life. Baclofen taken in conjunction with Amprya assists in relaxing my leg muscles so I have great results.Read More Read Less

my lungs swell up...make it hard to breath

I was diagnosed in 2007. The last couple of years I was having trouble walking, getting up if working in the garden,fell down a few times for no reason. I have been on it for a couple of weeks and love it. My husband and I both notice the difference with taking it. I have had no side effects.

I was diagnosed with Progressive MS over 30 years ago. I am now wheelchair bound. I started taking Ampyra in July of 2010. At first it was helping me get around easier. I was able to stand more securely. Then, I guess, the MS reared its ugly head and I started going downhill. So, I suggested to my neuro that I stop the medication for a week or two then restart. I was told to taper off the drug using a pill a day before stopping. After a week using 1 pill a day, I felt incredibly weak. I then resumed 2 pills a day. The MS still sucks, but it's kinda manageable. Still waiting?Read More Read Less

Am not sure if it is working. o know that when I try to go off drug I feel very bad. So maybe it is doing something.

Was diagnosed late like so many but had symptoms for years. Began ampyra used it one month. Helped my weak side some at first after I started 2 x day began spasms, tremors, extremely weak all over. Seemed to set me back 4 years. Neurologist took me off of med but continue to recover from the problems. Not yet back to where I was. Still have spasms and pain but not as much. Really regret taking this medicine.

Overall I am happy with Ampyra. My side effects stop after the first week, but I find this med seems to work for me some days and other days it doesn't. When it does work I do walk much better, and faster.

Mixed feelings:on one hand glad of my better functioning,on the other hand the side effects i experience do not make me happy!

after taking this drug for 18 months with mixed results i woke up one night with terrible seizures. after a week in the icu and three weeks in rehab learning how to walk and talk,i am back home trying with little success to get back to where i was.needless to say i am no longer taking ampyra

May have improved my gait, but immediately took away horrible nerve pain I had in my thighs-immediately.

I have taken this for almost 2 years and it has helped so much. I do not use my cane a much and can now climb stairs without help. I have not had any side effects. It has brought back walking distance without assistance.

I was diagnosed in 1995 and I am doing very well as to moving around, my significant complaint is nerve pain and weakness in my back and legs. My former Neurologist is a leader in his field. He said there are two types of people in relapsing and remitting MS, those with pain and those without. The without patient usually has more physical disability whereas the patient who has pain has less physical disability, but more increasing pain, I am one of those people. My current Neurologist wanted me to take Ampyra to improve my walking, since my gait was starting to worsen. I took one pill of Ampya, I started dropping both my feet, couldn't stand, and I was in worsening pain. I take a lot of medication for my nerve pain and it was manageable, but it seems that the Ampyra counteracted those drugs and increased my pain by 100%, it was a terrible drug for me. I would not take it again. I and my Neurologist both feel that because Ampyra opens the nerve path ways it is not a good drug for people with nerve pain. Read More Read Less

Before taking ampyra, I couldn't walk without using a cane or walker. I also had a problem with fatigue. I had an opportunity to do a clinical trial and in the beginning doing a 6-minute walk I had walkeed 530 feet. Two weeks later doing a 6-muinute walk I did 750 feet. I FEEL SO MUCH FREER NOW AND I LOVE IT.

About a year ago I was feeling great about how I was handling my MS. I had lost some functions over the previous 7 years since onset, such as the ability to run, but I was still able to bike and hike long distances and on steep climbs. At my neurologist's prompting, I started taking Ampyra, thinking I could only get better. At first, it seemed to help slightly with my gait, but it also brought on more tingling and spasticity and even seemed to make me more wobbly. My neurologist said that the sensations were probably part of the healing process, so I stuck with it for three months. During that time the symptoms continued, and then I got the warned-about side-effect—a urinary tract infection. I stopped taking Ampyra. Since then, I've been on a very gradual decline with increased spasticity, fatigue, tingling, patches of numbness, another UTI—and yet my MRI's have shown no new lesions. I have a different neurologist now, who has no explanation for why I'm feeling significantly worse. I can't say with 100% certainty that Ampyra brought about my decline, but it seems to have played a part. I've read posts about Ampyra on many forums, and it appears to have very inconsistent effects on people. According to studies, only about 30% of the people who take it see an improvement in their physical functions. So be aware that if you give Ampyra a try, you may be taking a gamble with lasting effects. Read More Read Less

Been on this drug for about a year and can't see any improvement of MS symptoms. I have experienced few, if any, side-effects...maybe some dizziness. Am only staying with it for now because there is nothing else and it may be having some minor benefit that I'm not detecting.