Betaseron Injection (President Bartlet's)

Betaseron is referenced as Bartlet's disease‑modifying injection; it functions narratively as the concrete proof of management and as the hinge between medical reality and political risk—explaining why Bartlet believes his condition is controllable and why he kept it private.

Betaseron is named as the specific injection Abbey administers; it functions narratively as tangible proof of an active, managed illness — a clinical object that transforms vague fear into concrete medical reality.

The Betaseron injection is referenced as the concrete medical tool that manages Bartlet's relapsing‑remitting MS; it functions narratively as evidence that the disease is treated and as a hinge for debate over fitness and secrecy.