copaxone and headaches

They tend to come in the afternoon for a couple of hours (together with a worsening of the sight in the eye that had the neuritis, and a bit of tingling here and there) and then disappear. Who else has headaches like these? How are they linked to my symptoms (or to the lesions!) and why??? p.s. Got my first Copaxone shot today. It went well, much better than I expected. Let's hope it keeps being this way for the time to come!

i have been on copaxone for 8 days now and been having really bad headaches is this a side affect ti the medicine.it so bad where i dont want to do anythig all day and thats not me i have been feeling a little depressed lately too i am 21 married with 2 children i cant. Be in bed .

I hope you're not having side effects! I'm having headaches, but when I read the literature and did some research, this is not common. I've had headaches for a long time, so I think it's probably caused from the stress of being diagnosed and starting a new medicine. One time I had a reaction that was peculiar. My face turned bright red and my ears burned, but was gone after about 30 minutes or so. I didn't have trouble breathing or anything major like that.

Hi Mummy. Just wanted to chime in. I'm on month 4 with Copaxone and have not had any headaches or flu-luke symypoms that I would attribute to Copax. How are you feeling about tonight's shot?

We are going to do up a plan and figure out the medicine. I guess one of the reasons he did not push Copaxone cause of my headaches. I think he is afraid of them getting worse. Any suggestion for the pain or is there anything I should run by my DR.

I was on Betaseron and then Avonex but they really made me feel down and depressed. The Copaxone is better in that regard. After a year on Copaxone, I still had a new lesion. Unfortunately, my neurologist who I've been seeing for 14 years (he is the one who finally figured out what was wrong with me) is not a big believer in MRIs apparently because I've only had 3 or 4 MRIs in 14 years with MS. So I really don't have a great record of lesion activity.

Hi everyone im a 40 year women old with diabetes and just diagnose with ms, started on copaxone and was wondering if anyone else has noticed wht i have headache , backache muscleache im wondering if it is the ms or the medicine my body feels different since starting copaxone so i dont no maybe i should switch med. copaxone is known to have the least side affects .

I have been taking 40mg of copaxone for two weeks. I have noticed that one the days I take it about 6 hours later I feel achy like I have the flu and get a bad headache. It goes away in an hour or two. The last shot I took I also started to break out with hives (not at the injection shot). There were not very many and went away within an hour. Should I be worried that this is an allergic reaction?

m going thru my second round of IV steroids. I am supposed to start Copaxone tomorrow and am nervous about the side effects and if I should start it while going thru Steroid treatments. Any advice would be much appreciated!

Hi and welcome, As far as i'm aware IV solumedrol and Copaxone are often being done together, i've never personally heard of specific interaction problems, usually the choices you get is to stay on Copaxone and do the IV Steroid (with or without oral taper) or stay on Copaxone and skip the Steroids if it's not a major relapse.

Hi, I to am on Copaxone and have been for 4 months as well, and I can't say that I have gained weight... sorry, but I too watch calories all the time so have not noticed to much difference. Hope you can get to the bottom of it ...

Any shot can cause blood. Copaxone does not usually cause headaches. Make sure you do not have the auto inject too high. They normally I think set it a six. On my arms I would do a four. Also check each time it can get moved with out you realizing it. One time I hurt after a shot and it had moved overtime to an 8. Make sure on the arms you use the spot they out line.

my husband is on copaxone and his back hurts severely. also his hands hurt and he is having asthma type reactions. also he is having dizziness and frequency in urinating. eye problems as well. please tell me if anyone else is having these disturbing things.

It takes Copaxone up to 9 months to begin to modify your immune systems. Damage and the breakdown in the BBB can start up to 2 years before T2 visible lesions form. This has been demonstrated by MT-MRI. So a lesion showing up today could have started quite a while ago (years ago.) This explains why some MS patients never have active MRI lesions.

(Pill and other forms) I too, was loosing CLUMPS of hair and it has now stopped. I have been on Copaxone for 8 months now and had the same experiance at the 4-5 month mark. Best wishes!!!

The experts say it is a 6-9 month proposition before the copaxone does it trick in fooling our immune system. It works as a decoy and tries to get the immune system to attack it instead of attacking our myelin. It is possible that you were in some sort of exacerbation and it stopped. OR it could also be the psychological boost we get from knowing that we actually are doing something for ourself to help stop this disease. Whatever it is that is making you feel better, enjoy it!

I went off the copaxone when I went into the hospital and have been off of it for almost 2 months now. How long does the copaxone stay in your system after you stop taking it? Anyone have low platelet counts?

I'll start with the bad - I started back on Copaxone and it's been H*LL! When I first used Copaxone it was a breeze, not issues whatsoever. This time the pain from the injections is extreme and I have fist size bruises all over my thighs and tummy! I hate it! The good news is I went to see the Optic Neurologist this week and she is wonderful. I've never met a Doctor who takes such care to make sure I understand everything that is happening to me.

Ive been on Copaxone for 5 months now and 2 months in had a mild flair of symptoms then it went away. It was trigeminal neuralgia for 3 days then it went away for 3 days then I was hit with extreme fatigue for 3 days where I had to sleep. I developed jumpy jerky arms and legs but medication helped this.

I went off the copaxone when I went into the hospital and have been off of it for almost 2 months now. How long does the copaxone stay in your system after you stop taking it? Has anyone had problems with low platelet count with MS or medicines?

After at least of 5 weeks of worsening effects from Copaxone and 8 weeks total, it's all over between us. I truly tried. Almost went to counseling. Arbitration was an option, and so on. The bottom line is that I had terrible allergic reactions that snowballed. I tried several kinds of antihistamines, plus Singulair, and a bunch of different creams. All I got were hives, bruises, welts, rashes and misery.

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