Harvard researchers found women taking contraceptives containing estrogen cut their risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) by almost half in the short term, although some doctors have warned patients with a family history of the disease not to take them.
However, contraceptives seemed to merely delay the onset of MS, rather than prevent it. In the long term, women who used contraceptives at some time are about as likely to develop MS as those who didn't.
Pregnancy seems to have a similar effect, although the period immediately after childbirth seems associated with a brief rise in MS risk.
Because multiple sclerosis (MS) is such a devastating disease, it's no surprise conventional medicine will try just about anything that might make an impact, including, apparently, oral contraceptives.
But it sounds like they don't really do anything about the disease in the long term, and they are associated with many other problems. If you use them for birth control, I would recommend switching to a safer option, such as male or female condoms, diaphragms or cervical caps, and spermicides in conjunction with them.
When you combine any of the above methods of contraception with natural family planning, the ability to prevent pregnancy approaches that of birth control pills but with none of the risks.
MS is an extremely challenging condition to treat, and taking "a one-stop cure" in the form of a drug certainly won't do the trick. I used to not enjoy seeing MS patients as it seemed that all the tools I had did not make a difference on the disease. Now I embrace MS patients, as the tools of nutritional typing and EFT have brought enormous improvements to the majority of patients we have seen with MS.
Here are a few approaches that you should consider in treating any MS patient: