USE OF LAQUINIMOD FOR REDUCING FATIGUE,IMPROVING FUNCTIONAL STATUS,AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS

摘要

The subject invention provides methods for reducing or inhibiting progression of the level of fatigue in a multiple sclerosis human patient, for improving or inhibiting deterioration of the functional status of a multiple sclerosis human patient, and for improving or inhibiting deterioration of the general health of a multiple sclerosis human patient, comprising orally administering to the human patient laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The subject invention also provides a method for providing neuroprotection to a human subject, the method comprising orally administering to the human subject laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.