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Anybody Have Suggestions About Coping With Copaxone Site Reactions?

A MyMSTeam Member asked a question πŸ’­
Hastings, UK

Had Copazone daily originally but stopped because of the site reactions. Other injections did not agree with me either and I can't take other DMD's due to a gastric disorder I have. Finally decided to go back on the Copaxone, (lesser of all evils), but the lumps left after an injections are huge. painful and itchy for a couple of days. Sore for about a week and the lumps although reduced in size, remain. I assume that the lumps this time around are worse as the dosage is higher. (ie three times… read more

January 25, 2017
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A MyMSTeam Member

I am on plagrady after being on capxzone and it is a great improvement with only a red patch appearing after two days from the injection then it goes.
I did not get on with capazone at all. It felt like I was getting heat rushes and shortness of breath.
I don't know if you have tried the plegrady. You only have to do it every two weeks.

January 29, 2017
A MyMSTeam Member

Yes, unfortunately I have tried all the other injections but have reacted to them. Plegridy gave me chest pain, palpitations and shot my blood pressure up.

January 29, 2017
A MyMSTeam Member

U have a gr8 brain. I'm like Frankenstein

January 27, 2017
A MyMSTeam Member

Yes, it would be great to try something different. I have tried all injections - one made my BP exceptionally high and was told to stop it immediately. Apparently I should not have been give it in the first place. I am suffering from a severe gastric problem, a large hiatus hernia and Lichen Planus disease,, this means I cannot take the drugs on the market as most of them cause stomach disturbances, and they wont do the infusion as I have had DEEP vein thrombosis! Hope this makes senses, my brain in not cooperating well this evening. As I said before, its the lesser of the evils!

January 26, 2017
A MyMSTeam Member

It might b that u have a decision to make---continue or not, there other medsβ›‘πŸ˜‡

January 26, 2017

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