Podcast 9 - The role of the primary care physician in the management of multiple sclerosis relapses, pseudorelapses, and symptoms

This podcast describes how to differentiate true multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses from pseudorelapses, how to treat relapses, and the role of the primary care physician in the management of the many symptoms and comorbities that are associated with MS. To discuss these issues, Dr. Michael Yeung has once again kindly agreed to participate. Dr. Yeung is a clinical associate professor of neurology at the University of Calgary. He has been the director of the MS Clinical Trials Research Program since 2007, and the Program Director of the adult neurology residency program since 2012. Dr. Yeung's disclosures are to be published here shortly. The main references for this podcast are the following:1. Brust, Tyson B, and Yeung, Michael MC. Update on the management of multiple sclerosis: treatment of symptoms and relapses. The Canadian Journal of Diagnosis; July/August 2014; 31(7).2. Towards Optimized Practice Guideline: Multiple Sclerosis and Urinary Tract Infection (November, 2013).