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September 10, 2025Annals of Clinical and Translational NeurologyOpen Access

Medication Use in Multiple Sclerosis: A Population‐Based Comparison With the General Danish Population

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JWJosefine Windfeld‐MathiasenHHHenrik HorwitzIHIda M. Heerfordt

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Overview

Population-based analysis finds higher prescription medication use in individuals with multiple sclerosis, suggesting a need for better care.

Key Points

  • Individuals with multiple sclerosis had significantly higher use of prescription medications, with notable differences in drug classes.
  • Patients used analgesics 51% of the time compared to 33% in controls, with a relative risk of 1.56 indicating significant disparity.
  • This nationwide registry-based study included 14,491 individuals with multiple sclerosis compared to 144,910 matched controls for analysis.
  • Findings may enable improved patient management by addressing overlooked treatment needs for those with multiple sclerosis.

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Windfeld‐Mathiasen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1a26954b1d3bfb60dda67https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.70155
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