Interferon, hailed as offering “a new era” in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), could actually be making patients suicidal, doctors fear.
A number of patients have either killed themselves, or attempted to, while taking the drug, reports Nigel O’Connor from the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
Most impartial doctors also consider beta interferon’s benefits to be unproven.
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