Switching from Avonex to Copaxone
Hey everyone, hope your all well. I was diagnosed with relapsing remitting ms about 4 years ago and when my doctors told me about the dmd's i picked Avonex as it was only once a week so i thought it would be less hassle, but unfortunately the side effects are the biggest and worst kind of hassle. So after 3 years I’ve decided to switch to Copaxone as it doesn't have the flu like symptoms, but after reading some peoples posts about Copaxone it sounds a little scary. How bad are the site reactions and the lumps/dents in the skin? And is there any major effect when switching between injections?
Thanks guys :)
My experience of taking Copaxone was relativwely hassle free compared to some, I didn't get any of the injection site reactions, and don't forget you will only hear from people mentioning the problems, posts where people say 'yeah, been taking copaxone for six months now, everythings going great!' as there isn't stuff for people to talk about. My top tips would be to rotate your injection sites and don't use the auto injector as it gives you less control :-) Hope that helped
i've been on it since April 2005 and no problems other than some swelling, pain and itchy redness occasionally