Goodbye Rebif, hello Copaxone
hi this is my first post :) I've been on Rebif for the last 2 and a half years, using the rebismart injector. Thought the dmd was brilliant but i've had 3 positive anti-bodies tests and symptoms have been coming back, so I am to start using Copaxone on fri the 4th of May.
Just wondering what anyone who's had the same sort of situation thought of Copaxone, the side affects, jumping from 3 to 7 injections a week, does it work?
thanks for reading. Robert.
hi Robert :) I started Copaxone immediately after diagnosis. A thing you really want to be careful of (though you might know this from Rebif) is making sure you hit the subcutaneous tissue and not the muscle because Copaxone hurts really badly when it hits the muscle. the site reactions due get better over time, and I jumped from 0 to 7 injections and was fine with it :) it has worked very well for me, I have had one relapse (which my doctor says was somehow not a real relapse) in the year since I started and only have one new lesion which is inactive (no idea what that means)... good luck!!
Hiya Robert, I am similar to Cadee, in that I went on Copaxone weeks after my diagnosis. The first four months were tough, I had itchy red lumps at the sites of the injection and the medication stung a bit. I'm about 1.5 years into it now, and I've been fine. Having a bit of a blip at the minute with symptoms but nothing debilitating enough to call it a relapse. Persevere past any difficulty you may have, I hope it works out for you.