Help!
Hey guys!
Just wondering has anyone been/is on copaxone and finding it really annoying? I’ve been on it for 4 months now and the site reactions seem to be getting worse and making me very self conscious!
I don’t see the MS nurse until next month and have been told by my consultant he will be happy if I change to tablets, but I feel like I’ll have to keep giving the injections a go which is just mentally draining.
I have been told I can try Mavenclad (cladribine) is anyone on this and can give me some advice on what it’s like?
Doing the injections are just making me very down and upset and I don’t really know how to cope with it.
Having a rubbish time 🙁
Natasha
Hiya, @asht1994 I have been using Copaxone for the last few weeks. I find the reactions can vary. Depends on the area, the depth of the injections. I always get a red area around the jab which stings for maybe an hour. I get a red mark.. sometimes a bit of a raised area too. I do my jabs at night, by morning it has all settled down...if I press on the site it feels like a bruise. Once I must have hit a small capillary because I had a whopping bruise. I jab in areas that are hidden by clothing so I am not self-conscious about any marks. My MS nurse advised not to do my arms at all, so I am on a six site rotation. So far so good. I think everyone has different experiences, and different grades of reactions. However, any moderately minor reaction is better than a relapse!! I hope this helps. ET x
Where are you jabbing, how deep, and what sort of reactions are you getting?