| Summary: | Multiple sclerosis (MS) is currently incurable, although a variety of treatment approaches are available, including physiotherapy, psychotherapy, and management strategies to mitigate the symptoms of MS. However, immunomodulatory agents are available that can modify the course of the disease by altering the pathological immune responses underlying MS. Treatment with these disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) aims to reduce the rate of acute neurological attacks, and can delay disability progression. Nurses play an effective and active role in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) for the managing the treatment regimen, education and follow-up for the disease. Nurses who giving one-to-one care to patients, have important responsibilities to understand the effects of disease modifying therapies (DMT) therapies that lead to changes in the prognosis of MS. Because DMT treatments can last throughout life, doctor, nurse and MS patient should be compatible. Patient adherence is very important in the treatment of MS and it is an important goal to ensure that the patient is fully benefited from treatment to improve adherence. It is important for nurses to know the effects and side effects of DMT and to understand the needs of MS patients in order to encourage the adherence of treatment to MS patients. In this review, it is aimed to guide the nurses about how they can help MS patients to understand the clinical effects, potential side effects, patient monitoring requirements of MS treatment options and to be able to understand these effects, and to gain knowledge about MS treatment.
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