Discontinuation of Treatment for Pregnancy in Multiple Sclerosis
An expert panel considers patients with multiple sclerosis who may need to discontinue treatment during pregnancy.
Stephen Krieger, MD: We talked a bit about family planning earlier, particularly with respect to the teriflunomide vs ponesimod efficacy. But maybe we can talk about our experiences stopping medicine so that someone could get pregnant, and how that influences our strategy. If any of you have seen some of the presentations here at ECTRIMS [European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis] annual meeting that looked at stopping S1Ps [sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor modulators] for pregnancy, we could comment on that, too. Dr Hughes, do you want to talk about holding medicine for family planning and how you counsel your patients?