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Mel1477

Choice of DMDs

Just got back from MS nurse appointment and trying to whittle down my treatment options. Has anyone experienced increase in anxiety on copaxone or plegridy? Have anxiety which I manage well, don't need regular meds but I'm a bit worried that these may increase this. Thank you 😁
@ItsMewithMS

I was on copaxone for like 10 years and don't remember any anxiety with it but I am not prone to anxiety issues. I felt good on it but after that time the Drs said I needed to switch it up as I was gaining lesions. They moved me to Rebif. Initially the lower dose and then to the higher. At the higher my liver was impacted so I bumped back down to the lower and since I am not gaining any lesions and feel ok on it that is the dose I stick at. With Copaxone I was using the inner thigh as one of the injection spots and started to develop indentations there that were unsightly but didn't bother me. The Dr didn't like that ;-) but that was the least painful place to use and was one of my rotations. I liked Copaxone and used it for a long time. Was very frustrated that initially the cost was pretty low but increased a lot in the time I used it even though I knew the investment they had made was a long time in the past and no changes had been made. All the drugs are crazy expensive.

@Mel1477

Thank you. Lots of thinking to do...