No Ms isn't a mucle disease it's a nerve one. It is leistions eat the mylan (the casing around the nerves.) Ounce they eat through it never can be reparied. After so many gets destroyed. You lose all types of balance and fealings you have. ( called attacks) Need interferon ( steroid type ) A shot that verries avonex a weekly shot, beteaseron every other day, Rebif a daily shot, or khemo therapy once a month. Were The trick avonex is a manuel 6 inch neddle goes into muscle. Beteaseron 3.5 goes little lower then skin depth and uses a gun to inject. I tell everyone go betaseron hurts less easier to use without others. Side effects: Avonex locks body up the next day can't even sit up. Booth give you lower white bood count. Flue like sickness easy to battle with tylenol before injection. Any thing else love teaching others about it![]()