Table 3.

Medication status during past and current access issue.

Medication statusa	Past issueb, n (%)	Current issuec, n (%)
Not taking any medication or went without medication	68 (41.2)	20 (51.3)
I received my disease-modifying therapy (DMT) medication within a reasonable amount of time,	56 (33.9)	N/Ad
I was prescribed a new DMT instead	8 (4.8)	5 (12.8)
I continued taking my old medication	3 (1.8)	13 (33.4)
Received another DMT before receiving my prescribed DMT	2 (1.2)	N/A
I am taking a newly prescribed other non-DMT medication	N/A	1 (2.6)
Other	28 (17.0)	N/A

^aAsked of respondents who had insurance or did not answer that difficulty obtaining DMT at a pharmacy or infusion center was their primary DMT access reason. Question text for current access status was: “What other MS medication(s) are you taking while your DMT medication access issue is being resolved?”; question text for past access issue was “Pick the option that best describes how your most recent MS DMT access issue was resolved.”

^bPast issue, n=165.

^cCurrent issue, n=39.

^dN/A: not applicable.