The major issue is that there are no good treatments for MS. I have been diagnosed with MS for 7+ years and have done EXTENSIVE research on the medications available to me, as most of my neurologists were very insistent that I be on one of them. I refused to take anything for 7+ years, because once you actually dig into the clinical studies and read of people's experiences on the forums, the drugs are usually worse than worthless. At best, they slightly reduce relapses in less than half the people taking them (not very encouraging) and they have extreme side effects that often necessitate discontinuation. Many must be vigilantly monitored for signs of organ damage so that they can take breaks from the drugs to let their livers heal. Injectables cause necrosis of the flesh, and many end up covered in necrotic flesh. These are only 2 of many problems. It's common to hear that the MS drugs are worse than MS itself.
I also have an uncle who has had MS for probably 40 years at this point, has tried EVERY drug approved for MS, and was able to get himself enrolled in every available clinical trial for experimental meds. He's spent the last 30 years wheelchair bound, 20 years bed bound. I don't think a single medication he ever tried ever helped him (though to this day he's convinced they did, which is more wishful thinking than fact), and for many years he was only able to continue working because his neurologist was feeding him crazy high amounts of provigil and amphetatmine. This is where western allopathic medicine is with treating MS.
Recently, I decided to trial Tecfidera, a drug that has been used in the EU for 30 years and was recently approved in the US for MS, since that is the only MS med that seems to be promising, both for MS and CFS as it raises glutathione and suppresses B cells. My experience was a disaster and I had to quit it within 2 months. My experience is detailed here:
http://forums.phoenixrising.me/inde...ress-increases-glutathione.19228/#post-848216
The main difference I see with how doctors treat MS vs. CFS is that with MS, toxic drugs are zealously pushed on vulnerable and desperate patients, while with CFS doctors have little to offer their vulnerable and desperate patients. Unfortunately, the results are the same. I don't have confidence that breakthroughs for CFS will come from MS research.