An MS flare is essentially an instance of relapse on the part of a patient whose MS symptoms were previously in remission. When the patient experiences this multiple sclerosis flare, he or she can endure one or more of a variety of MS symptoms for anything from a few days to a lifetime.

In the best case scenario, a patient will experience an MS flare for a few days, and then recover fully from it and remain in remission for years. Unfortunately, the disease does not present this way in all patients. In some patients, the multiple sclerosis flare extends indefinitely and entails severe symptoms. If the patient recovers, then he or she does so to a limited degree. A patient whose eyesight is negatively affected by MS, for instance, may recover somewhat, but still have residual visual impairment.

MS patients’ flares can be controlled to some degree by …