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Phoenix, AZ

I switched from the 20mg to the 40mg in March. I think i am starting to regret it. I haven't been this big in 5yrs. I don't drink soda or coffee. I only drink water. Lately its been hard for me to sleep but i think that's due to the weather with all the rain we are getting. So I have been changing my eating habits and eating the Paleo diet. but today it just hit me like a ton of bricks. I'm so sluggish, so irritable, I cant seem to focus and I still have to go to class. Since I have been on this… read more

September 10, 2014 (edited)
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A MyMSTeam Member

I'm on here trying to find out if anyone else is having a problem 10 lbs and can't lose it

August 14, 2018
A MyMSTeam Member

I started Copaxone for the first time in June. I'm on the 40 mg. I've gained a few pounds. My eating habits haven't changed. Other than swelling and itchiness near the injection area, I haven't had any other issues with it. The tired sluggish feeling that I get sometimes is from Oxtellar used to treat my MS seizures. I hope it gets better for you.

September 10, 2014
A MyMSTeam Member

I'm so glad to find this question! Was on avonex for years and then stopped for 2 years to have a baby and nurse. When I started avonex again I couldn't tolerate it at all. Been on copaxone since September and didnt think anything of the weight gain until recently. My diet is the same and at first I thought the weight gain was because I had a 10 day disney vaca that I was so active. I kinda thought I was just putting back on what I lost in Florida. Fastforward to now and I just realized that ive been gaining since I started the meds. None of my winter clothes fit from the last couple years and I have am 18 month old!
I dont own a scale though so Idk what I weigh. We have one at work in cold storage though so I intend to find out after the holiday.
Would it be vain of me to think about stopping this med if it's working but making me obese?

December 23, 2018
A MyMSTeam Member

same for me, I think i'll go back to the daily version. I did not have the weight issue then

March 24, 2018
A MyMSTeam Member

Currently I am still on copoxane and still gaining weight. My foot is so swollen I can't get some of my shoes on anymore. I am currently seeing a new doctor and she might put me back on tysabri, which helped me in the past, but there I have the jc virus and that is a concern. I am waiting for blood test results and then MRI and see where we go from there.

February 10, 2016

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