copaxone fever

I do not have an answer, but wanted to let anyone interested know that I, too, had 3+ hours of intense chills and about 12 hours of fever with flu-like aches and severe headache after my 4th injection of Copaxone. This followed an unusually strong day, but became weak and lost balance four at least 24 hours, at which time I am writing this. Do not yet know if I am going into a flare-up or not. Since it is the weekend, I have not spoken with my MS doc yet.

An advil brought the temp down gradually and then I felt fine. No runny nose, no headache no more fever. I skipped the next day of copaxone and felt fine then resumed the shot in the morning the day after. Wham, same reaction. headache, fever, chills etc and another 15 hours in bed.

I am SO glad that you posted this...I have noticed (just started Copaxone about 5-6 weeks ago) that I do have changes in my tastes. In fact, not long after I give myself an injection, I notice a strange taste in my mouth, almost like thiere is increased saliva production. This is probably TOTALLY my imagination... Yes, there are injection site reactions. I was getting BIG welts when I injectied with the auto-injector. I decided to try an experiment and go back to self-injecting.

he immediately took me off Rebif for 30 days, and started me on Copaxone. Copaxone has had numerous studies and all the studies proved that Copaxone doesn't increase anxiety. I urge you to let you Dr. know about this as soon as possible, because Rebif continued to make my depression worse even with an increase in my anti-depressant. I was having very unhealthy thoughts and they just continued to get worse. Unfortunately with Copaxone the injections are daily.

Hi.. Last night was day 3 of the 40 mg copaxone shot. So I made it through my first week. Again, I manually inject and that's working well. No welts / rash/ pain... Last night however I couldn't sleep! At all! My heartbeat was slightly elevated, but I'm wondering if it's neves or anxiousness due to not sleeping. This am I awoke to flu like body aches. Mostly lower back.. Legs... Is this comin w/ copaxone? Is it maybe my body reacting to the medicine?

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 .

Hello, I have to try Rebif before my insurance will consider me for an oral DMD (since I've already been on Copaxone). I don't know too much about Rebif. I do know that it's an interferon and can cause flu like symptoms and I think it's intramuscular injections. Do the injections hurt? Do you do the injections or does a nurse come out and give the injections? Are the injections in your legs? How often do you have to get the injections?

I have had a flare up here in the last 2 months that no one can figure out. I have had a fever of 99-101. Increased fatigue, broke out with a severe rash that itches and hurts and I'm miserable. My doctors have done several lab tests for everything it all came back normal but my thyroid level was a little off. Anyone have any suggestions?

I am not dx with MS but with demylenating disease and Celiac disease so I don't know about the copaxone; but I do wake feeling extremely warm and uncomfortable.

Curious if anyone else has had a post-injection reaction to Copaxone 40 (3x a day injection) .. it was only released by the FDA this year - as opposed to Copaxone 20 (daily) which has been out for 15-20 years. When I switched to 40, I asked about side effects and was told there are no new issues over the 20. It was a no brainer to switch to the 40. I started taking it at the beginning of June.

ve been on Copaxone for about 6 mths. About a mth ago I experienced cold chills about an hour after my injection. They started pretty mild but as time went on got very intense. I couldn't stop trembling and lasted about 2-3 hrs. I emailed my neuro and he said these symptoms were normal. Well last night I has my injection and I just felt different. I had the same feeling from mth ago when I had the chills. Well about an hr it started. I was really cold and remembered to stay calm.

I have MAJOR headaches the next day, getting worse as the day goes on. I am very achy and most days fight fever off and on. Sometimes I have a hard time sleeping since my body is so sore, tender, and "pins and needles" feeling. Of course this makes me an "extremely pleasant" person (not at all, it makes me very groggy and irritable). Seems like this is a common side effect for most interferons...

ve taken my temp during this time, but have no fever. It generally lasts only a minute or two. My face also gets red and hot. I've been told this is a side effect of Copaxone and that it will go away. It can happen from 0 to several times a day. I've been on Copaxone for about 4 months. Does anyone else have this happen? I've been wondering if I have some new condition that I need to get checked out. Thanks, Charley.

And on the 6th day i was hit with a horrible, i mean horrible upper respiratory infection, my kids are walking and running around with runny noses and I can barely get off of the couch, highest fever of 102.8, chills and aches all over my body. Is this from the copaxone? does it lower the immune system? and is it safe to still take the injections while being sick? or should I stop until I feel better? i still have been giving myself the injections while I've been sick.

I am sorry things didnt work out for you with Copaxone. If it were not for all the injection site reactions, I think the Copaxone would have worked well for you.

I read an article that suggested "those that work full-time and mothers of young children" prefer Copaxone. If this is the case . . . why doesn't everyone start with Copaxone? Why is my neuro recommending interferons?

t go away after being off the Copaxone we decided the two were unrelated and I started taking Copaxone again, last night was my first injection after the break. My question is - last night I woke up feeling like I had the flu, I was sweating, ached all over and had a massive headache. I know these are side effects of the interferons but has anyone had this while on Copaxone? I had no reaction like this the first few weeks I took Copaxone.

//www.ehealthme.com/ds/copaxone/hallucinations,+mixed "On Aug, 31, 2013: 9,277 people reported to have side effects when taking Copaxone. Among them, 5 people (0.05%) have Hallucinations, Mixed." the most recent was one person in 2011. It would be difficult to prove hallucinations were a side effect of copaxone, based on those very small numbers. There are no withdrawal symptoms from going off copaxopne.

because this study, like many others, was supported by the drug co. that developed, produces, markets and distributes Copaxone. So I guess we take the info with a grain of salt, and hope that the study was designed appropriately and objectively, and that results are reported accurately and ethically. If so, and the encouraging results are repeated in future studies, then it really would be great news for Copaxone users.

I have never heard of this side effect from copaxone and not sure how it could effect your cycle. Anyway, I had a hysterectomy way back when so I couldn't have this symptom regardless. Sorry.

I was on Copaxone for a couple months, but stopped due to severe site reactions. I've been off for a couple months and now I'm nervous about not being on anything. (one mild flare since stopping) I am sort of in denial, but at the same time, I'm doing a great deal of research to see if there are alternative therapies that make sense for me.

Did they tell you that you had optic neuritis? That was my first flair as far as we know. I've had it 3 or 4 times. I don't remember. I went on prednisone a few times and it worked every times. Lately, for the past few months off and on, I've been having jumpy vision. It gives me pretty bad migraines. I get migraines very easily so I'm on daily meds for that as well. It seems to work well but it doesn't stop the things that trigger my migraines.

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