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Avatar n tn I am starting my Copaxone this week and you guys are making me nervous. What is an IPIR? Are there any good Copaxone stories out there?
1532707 tn?1312155924 I just used the autoject after like a month of doing manual injections with copaxone and I had like a stream of blood ran down my leg. No IPIR yet. I have gotten some blood but not normally that much. I must have hit a vein. Any experiences with this.
18266184 tn?1463687062 Hi all! New here, been a bit of a lurker before this :) My question is has anyone had a fainting type reaction to their copaxone injection? I have been on it about 3.5 months & aside from knots pretty much everywhere, I haven't had too much trouble. This past Friday we injected in my right thigh (legs are admittedly the hardest for me), and I felt good about it, went in easily & felt ok. However it did bleed a bit, more than the dot or two of blood I'll occasionally get.
Avatar n tn Hi everyone. I have had MS for 11 years, been on meds for 1.5 years which is copaxone. The reason for being untreated is the docs didn't believe that I had MS for years. Now that I have been dx. I have continued to decline while being on copaxone. My symptoms act up more frequently daily and I flare frequently. The neuro hesitates to change me from the copaxone.
Avatar f tn I haven't posted in a while, but tonight I have a question. I am on Copaxone and have taken it for 6 months now without too much trouble. I injected today as usual in my right thigh. Tonight I have a dent in my leg where I injected. Is this lipoatrophy? I am very good about rotating my injection sites. Do the indentations just occur out of the blue, or are they gradual?
1678656 tn?1369233818 This can happen with Copaxone, and it did during the first year I was on the medicine. One, like the one you had, was more apparent than the other reactions. I told my neurologist, and he thinks I was injecting in my blood stream. He gave me some tips to avoid doing that again, and for the life of me can't remember what they were. Maybe someone on the forum does know.
338416 tn?1420045702 This was news to me. If Copaxone had said right up front that the IPIR was caused by hitting a blood vessel, I sure would have been more careful about where I injected. I was curious about why the body reacts this way to the medication in the bloodstream, but I haven't found anything. If they know they aren't telling. However, I did find an explanation for the mechanics of the IPIR, and how to avoid it.
1055329 tn?1300322731 I have been taking Copaxone for a year now and lately have experienced small heart palpatations here and there the last week.My neuro doesn't seem to think it has anything to do with my meds!! Has anyone else on Copaxone experienced this????
338416 tn?1420045702 The IPIR is not that common, they say about 15% of users of Copaxone, and it is benign. It does not progress to anything serious. ANYONE, though, can develop an allergy to any thing or any drug at any time. The IPIR is not associated with a higher rate of allergy to my knowledge.
620048 tn?1358018235 This is for Lu and anyone else who may have gone off copaxone due to allergies or any other reason. I just worry and I have not heard from my MS Dr. yet..its only been 4 days, but copaxone has been so good to me unless it is causing my allergies. I just don't know how long I can do this ??
12832842 tn?1448728801 I had been taking Copaxone for three months when I got my first IPIR. It takes about fifteen minutes for it to subside.
Avatar f tn I stopped taking Copaxone not because of the IPIR, but because of the allergic reactions that seemed to accompany it. My skin started itching severely, and I had some swelling in my face. So I switched to Betaseron. Fortunately I don't get the flu-like reaction, or at least not as bad as some people.
572651 tn?1530999357 TEVA never even addressed the IPIR reaction - just tested it enough so that they could confirm that nobody's ever died from it. I've wondered about Copaxone since my blood clot, which happened when I switched from Copaxone to Betaseron - the first week. And my angioedema symptoms, which were beginning to resemble antiphospholipase syndrome (until I stopped taking Copaxone.
338416 tn?1420045702 It was similar to the sensations I experienced while going through the Copaxone IPIR (immediate post-injection reaction.) I had the same tightness in my chest and throat, and almost a burning/hot sensation in my throat area. It felt like my heart rate was elevated. I grabbed the phone, because if it got any worse, I was going to have to call 911. I popped about two ibuprofen, because I assumed it was the interferon flu-like reaction.
Avatar f tn I had my first post injection reacion to copaxone yesterday. I have been on it for 1 1/2 months, since I was diagnosed with RRMS. It was just as shared solutions described it would be: trouble breathing, heart racing, sweating, dizziness, etc. It was much more scary than I expected. The worst part was that I was at work when it happened; I have to work a 12 hour shift once a week, so on that day I have to do it at work. SS said it would last 30 minutes.
Avatar f tn I just have a quick ? for all of you expert Copaxone users. When the nurse taught me how to inject into my arm, she said to stand with my arm held straight out, elbow extended, palm up. Then inject into the "bat wing" area of fat that hangs down. I have done it this way each time without any problem, but everybody seems to talk about how difficult it is to inject in the arms. Am I doing something wrong? Katie p.s.
Avatar f tn I had the same thinking as you when I started Copaxone. I decided my abdomen had as much right to a left and right division as my limbs do. That gives eight general areas that I simply rotate around. It's worked well for me. I don't try to match the day of the week to a specific body part.
Avatar f tn I started therapy with the three times a week injection, but ended up with some liver problems. I was switched to Copaxone the daily injection. I have been on it for about two years. On some of my injection sites, especially on my thighs and stomach area I have started getting like indentations. Has anyone else had this problem?
1040373 tn?1273687488 I've been on Copaxone for almost 3 months now. I've always rotated injection sites like you're supposed to. I'm thinking of retiring my legs though. I can inject my other sites with no problem but my legs are no fun. I always end up with a long patch of discoloration (melanosis or something), it bleeds and the medicine always burns a LOT when I do my thighs. Will anything bad happen if I just rotate 5 sites? Thanks in advance and I hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!
Avatar f tn Some folks on theis forum have had it happen. I have been on Copaxone for about 120 days with no issues related to the Copaxone.
941625 tn?1263581782 Hi all, Hope everyone is doing well. I met my new neuro today. It was at a German hospital in Wittlich, so I was really nervous about the language barrier, etc. but my doctor was super nice and spoke excellent English. I wish my German was that good. :-) Anyway, I wanted to have you guys weigh in if you would on a few things that confused me. So, here goes ... My MRIs weren't sent over, so he only had the reports to go on w/my symptom history and the other neuro's observations.