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Does multiple sclerosis affect your heart?

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No: Ms effects white matter in the brain and spinal cord. It does not effect heart muscle.

Answered 11/28/2012

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No: Ms does not affect ones heart. A medication for ms can.

Answered 10/8/2012

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Not directly: But two MS medications can cause heart issues, including Novantrone, which could result in a vacuolar cardiomyopathy, and Gilenya (fingolimod) which can cause a transient heart block in the first 6 hrs of use, but not longer.

Answered 3/3/2016

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