Bill's pure dimethylfumarate thread

[Bill]

Just a quick update. All my ideas on taking DMF have gone full circle. Licked off my hand and washed down with cola sounds awful, but it is by far the best way to take the drug. I tried it in Russian caramel, but I could not swallow it and ended up chewing it for ages and got a chemical burn at the back of my mouth for my efforts. The powdered form is too reactive for my taste. Taken with a bland meal makes the side effects milder.

My disease is essentially unchanged and I feel well. I have been dosing at 3*800mg every two weeks since my last test, and I will now increase this to 2*800mg a week until my next blood test in mid-October. The increased neutrophil count after using B12 and folic acid patches prompted me to try B12 and folic acid injections. I have been having 1mg/30mg im weekly for the past seven weeks, and I will stop the injections two weeks before my next blood test. I have also been taking 250mg vitamin E daily, which is a hell of a lot easier than the injections. My hope is that I might boost my lymphocyte count with these measures, but my expectation is that I will not.

Cheers