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CBD oil seminar with John Wood

Thursday 16th January 11.45am

Where? In the café area at the Sussex MS Centre

Could CBD Oil give you relief? John will cover what CBD oil is, how it works and how it may benefit you.

We want to offer a space for our members to learn a little bit more about how CBD oil may be able to help with pain management, where we can encourage an open discussion about the potential benefits of using CBD oil.

John

John is a Personal Trainer and takes the oil himself to relieve his anxiety.

CBD helps him when nothing else works and has made his life more manageable. He loves to teach others how to improve their health and gives seminars locally.

All welcome, please do pop your name on the list at reception so that we have an idea of how many people may be attending.

In our autumn newsletter 2018 we wrote of how the NHS had reversed its previous decision and now recommends Ocrelizumab (drug name Ocrevus) for the treatment of relapsing remitting MS.

Disappointingly however, at the same time, NICE announced that Ocrevus was still too expensive for people with Primary Progressive MS (PPMS).

The good news is that the NHS struck a deal with Roche (the pharmaceutical company) and patients with PPMS are now able to access the drug. It is estimated that 10,000-15,000 people have Primary progressive MS (PPMS) in the UK, of whom around 2,700 people could be eligible for treatment with Ocrevus.

If you have Primary Progressive MS and you have started to take Ocrevus please feedback to us. We welcome all feedback about drugs and you can contribute by going on our Drugs directory as someone that can talk with other members about a drug you have experience of.

To find out more information about Ocrevus head to: www.mstrust.org.uk/a-z/ocrevus-ocrelizumab