Copaxone injection sites
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So, in essence, you make it even more difficult to insert an injection. So, by alternating your sites, you lesson that possibility, because you give each area a longer recovery time.
I can understand the difficulty in trying to give yourself the shots on the back of your arms, or on your backside hips. If my wife (who is afraid of needles and normally passes out at the sight of a needle) did not give me those shots, I couldn't do it myself.
I read somewhere in my Rebif stuff that if you have problems with 
s the most complained-about side effect. You must massage each injection site, keep it warm, and rotate the injection sites so that each site has time to recover. If you don't, you'll end up like me! I had problems with some of the sites, so only injected in the hips, thighs, and stomach. After a while, the thighs ended up being so scarred that the injection would cause an IPIR. I also have it in the hips and stomach, but after the thigh IPIR I switched to Betaseron.
Hi Does anyone else get blisters forming around their injection sites? l have ben on copaxone since may, and l've tried both the auto inject pen and manual injecting, however whichever method l use causes my legs to blister and weep within hours of injecting. My arms have also now have the same problem. Has anyone got any suggestions.
Thank you.
I think almost everyone gets these injection sites reaactions initially on copaxone. As Alex says, it is a trade-off compared to the alternative of doing no treatment at all.
For most of us, the reaction calms down as the body adjusts to this substance. It took a couple months for me before the stinging stopped.
this summer I started in with small lumps from the shots - half-dollar size and smaller- and talked to SS about it. They said to talk to my neuro about alternative shot sites.
The most important thing to watch with Copaxone is the lipoatrophy. Proper rotation of the injection sites will help prevent that, but like many of you, I found that certain sites were difficult or impossible to inject regularly. And if I had an IPIR, I would stop using that area, so eventually the only safe spots were my hips, my thighs, and my stomach. As a result I ended up with quite a bit of lipoatrophy. I've had about six IPIRs.
t had any of the tightness in my chest or rapid heart beats or anything, but at the injection sites I have been having massive swelling. I understand that there will be a reaction, but it is lasting for days, feels on fire through my pants, and is about the size of both of my fists put together and the patches are rock hard! Why?? Is anyone having any kind of reaction like that? I have rotated the hot/cold packs and neither way is making it better!
Does the skin or underlying tissue of your injection sites look or feel any different now than it did when you started? Have you been rotating site location regularly? Massaging the sites (starting 24 hours after use)?
If it is a new problem that involves all sites you may need to ask your injection training nurse or your prescribing doc to take a look at what is going on. I'm not aware of any recent changes in the equipment. Please let us know what you find out.
I'm now having quite the itching lump on the back of my arm - this is about the 3rd week that it has happened. My other injection sites don't really bother me. But today, the day after my right arm injection I have a BIG itchy bump that is hot and pink - not very comfortable, but not painful, just itchy like all get-out! I expect that my left arm will be the same tomorrow, since that was today's injection site. Anyone else getting this DAY AFTER issue?
This is why Copaxone was never on my personal list of potential drugs. At the time, the only option was daily injections which I'd have just resented. But also, reading about how common welts and lipoatrophy are sealed the non-deal. It's a well known, very common side effect. That's not to say it effects everyone or that it will always happen to you. But yes — it's experienced by a lot of people.
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