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namansareen88

First Avonex injection almost killed me!!!!!

So I took my first Avonex injection yesterday. I was on Rebif before and it used to hurt like hell. The fact that I was meant to take it thrice a week didn't help either! I took the Avonex yesterday and even though I was sorta freaked out after reading the literature, it didn't hurt at all!! I was expecting the flu like symptoms but what happened really took it out of me! Started shivering so slept for a bit...then I woke up and had to go to the loo...and I find that I couldn't get off the bed! Couln't stand...legs had no strength in them! Couldn't take my weight...and I'm a scrawny guy!! I had to crawl to the loo and crawl back! I couldn't get back on the bed so ended up sleeping on the floor...couldn't see anything either, everything was so blurred. Finally managed to find some Ibuprofen, had 400mg and went to sleep again...woke up today and I'm fine, but is this gonna happen every week?? Cuz I'm gonna start sleeping in the bathroom then!! Someone advise please because I'm already very depressed and I don't wanna add to it now!!
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@inesmartins
@inesmartins
 

I take Avonex, and I never experienced something like that. But since the first day my nurse told me to always take a paracetamol or ibuprofen 5 min after the injection. After 6 hours I always start to feel really bad, and I take one more paracetamol. I dont know if what you had was related to avonex or maybe the stress? But I think next week you sould take the ibuprofen after the injection. And keep calm!

@Ramiro
@Ramiro
 

Hey I take Avonex pen injection and I also get the same symptoms that you get, on my first injection I had the same reaction and that was even though I took 500mg nurofen 1 hour before and I still do the same routine every sunday the second time I put the zimmer frame which I dont use anymore I am now on my 9th injection and the symptoms still carry on but very mild and it looks like they are fading now I just get weak muscles the next day and a small fever during the night so don't worry it will calm down and I spoke to my nurse and she said they will eventually disappear so don't worry. I think you should either take the nurofen an hour before or straight after the injection and just relax while you do the injection