Episode 180: Dr. Jaime Imitola Explains Timing Your MS Medications with the COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines

The National MS Society has updated their COVID-19 vaccine guidance for people living with MS, providing detailed recommendations for timing your disease-modifying therapy with the two COVID-19 vaccines that are approved in the U.S. If you're on a disease-modifying therapy and you've been wondering about your DMT and the COVID-19 vaccines, this episode is for you.     My guest this week is Dr. Jaime Imitola, the Director of the Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Translational Neuroimmunology at UConn Health, a noted expert in his field, and a member of the task force that the MS Society convened to create the COVID-19 vaccine guidance. We're talking about the new updates to the vaccine guidance,  answering some of the questions that you've sent my way, and we'll get into how this task force went about creating this very important guidance for people living with MS. We're also talking about the FDA approval of intramuscular injections for Plegridy (and how that came about!) We'll tell you about BRAINTEASER, a European Union initiative that will leverage artificial intelligence in an effort to treat people living with ALS and MS by providing predictive care instead of reactive care. And we'll explain how the newly announced Gladstone-UCSF Center for Neurovascular Brain Immunology is opening a new front in the war on MS.   We have a lot to talk about! Are you ready for RealTalk MS??! Facts are facts! :22 National MS Society issues guidance for timing MS medications and COVID-19 mRNA vaccines 4:35 The latest reason to download the RealTalk MS app  5:26 FDA approves Intramuscular injection for Plegridy  6:15 BRAINTEASER launches  7:24 The Gladstone-UCSF Center for Neurovascular Brain Immunology  9:55 My interview with Dr. Jaime Imitola  12:26 Share this episode  28:12 WalkMS 2021 is here!  28:32 SHARE THIS EPISODE OF REALTALK MS Just copy this link & paste it into your text or email:  https://realtalkms.com/180 ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CONVERSATION I've always thought about the RealTalk MS podcast as a conversation. And this is your opportunity to join the conversation by sharing your feedback, questions, and suggestions for topics that we can discuss in future podcast episodes. Please shoot me an email or call the RealTalk MS Listener Hotline and share your thoughts! Email: [email protected]: (310) 526-2283 And don't forget to join us in the RealTalk MS Facebook group! LINKS If your podcast app doesn't allow you to click on these links, you'll find them in the show notes in the RealTalk MS app or at www.RealTalkMS.com Give RealTalk MS a Rating and Review National MS Society COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for People Living with MS National MS Society: Timing MS Medications with COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines WalkMS 2021   Join the RealTalk MS Facebook Group Download the RealTalk MS App for iOS Download the RealTalk MS App for Android Give RealTalk MS a Rating and Review Follow RealTalk MS on Twitter, @RealTalkMS_jon, and subscribe to our newsletter at our website, RealTalkMS.com. RealTalk MS Episode 180 Guests: Dr. Jaime Imitola Tags: MS, MultipleSclerosis, MSResearch, MSSociety, COVID19, RealTalkMS Privacy Policy