riluzol

If anybody has an opinion on the only medication my Neurologist told me about and said I would need to have my Kidneys checked every month. Is it worth it

Ok, so I will try to be as clear as possible, since English is not my first language. Im from Chile and believe it or not we have quite some advancements in terms of trials and medical proceadures. My dad was diagnosed in august last year with ALS and as probably has been for all of you its a...

How can they say this drug slows the progression of ALS when they can not even say how it works, how do they prove it? How do we know that they are just not ripping people off, they say it extents life for 2 months thats it? I wonder how much they paid the FDA to get it approved? If it does...

Good Afternoon, I want to apologize here if I seem to annoy some with all of my questions regarding ALS. Coming from a middle size family, I feel (I know) I am the only one checking into this disease, I do not know where or how to get any answers. Rilutek: how does one know this is working...

Hi, I'm new here. I'm glad I found this forum. At the begining, sorry for bad english :D My father also has been diagnosed with ALS 5 years ago. He can't do anything by himself. For a few weeks he is breathing harder and he started to whispering. He has problem with some kind of secretion from...

My wife has been taking Riluzole for the past two years for ALS. After the first year, she developed a feeling of nausea, which at first would come and go then it became constant causing vomiting and related severe dehydration. She had to be hospitalised the first time extreme dehydration was...