copaxone lumps

I have been taking copaxone for a year now and at first had some issues with lumps. Kepted massaging them (wait 24 hrs) and in time the frequency decreased. Now it's rare if I get a lump. Mary's info above is great. Good luck.

I have been Copaxone for over a yr. I still get site reaction such as lumps, redness, heat, swelling..itching,,One thing you can try is to adjust the depth of your auto injector. I went to a lesser number on th auto inject. After several months, I was told that I need to adjust the needle depth on certain areas. Places that have more fat on them should be a bit deeper injection.

Hi guys, this is a question for us users of Copaxone. I am wondering if anyone knows the reason we have to pinch up our skin before doing a manual injection? I am asking because some of my sites are easy to do that, but some are not. I have just been injecting , like anyother needle, and my reactions are minimal. Am I doing something wrong? With the Autoject, the reaction sites were just to sore, and lumpy, and I'm trying it this way..... \\\\\\\\So, what do ya think??? Thxs...

I just started Copaxone 3 weeks ago and have those lumps. Not with every injection, but most. Thighs are worst for me. Arms and butt ok so far, a couple of small lumps on abdomen. Some sites are visibly red or bruised, others I can't see, but can feel when I poke around. I have no itching or pain other than the immediate post-injection sting. I have no idea what the lump is, but it can't be scar tissue in my case, since they are so fresh.

It started hurting more and more and then causing itching after and then lumps and then bigger lumps. I had one injection (autoject on 6) hit a muscle in my right arm. I thought I would go through the roof. My arm was out of commission for a day and sore for ever. I'll never do one where I did that one (it was inside the area that you're supposed to use). Anyway, now I am getting huge (5" diam.) lumps/welts that are swollen, red, and hot, hot, hot.

I have been taking Copaxone since I was Dx'd but I have so many lumps on my body I can barely find a place to put my injection. I just had a nurse here to go over my procedure with me, we change my settings and I am hoping it will be better.

Hello, I have recently been diagnosed with MS and trying to understand why certain things are happening. I have painful "lumps" on my legs that start out colorless and eventually become reddish in color. Because I am new to MS and only been on meds for 12 weeks, I don't know if it is a reaction to med or part of the disease.

Well, it looks like I can't take copaxone. I get injections site reactions the size of soft balls. Fire engine red and itchy for an entire week. What do you do when there is no DMD that you can take? That's the boat I'm in now. Copaxone was really my only hope as far as a dmd goes. I can't do the interferons because I also have lupus. (in lupus, your body makes interferon) I'm open to suggestions.

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.

Hi, I too am on Copaxone, and was having some HORRIBLE huge lumps, bruises, and hives, and aching. I was using the Autoject too. I had it set originally, at 8 for thighs, arms, and buttocks, and then 6 for my tummy. I still suffered from the lumps, and itching sometimes. What I did, was to try the heat/ then ice, before and after, but that did not work much for me either. So, I also found that sometimes the day before shot would start to act up 24 hours after the injection.

I have been on copaxone for 4 years and everywhere I take a shot a knot forms and is very sore. but when the pain go away I still left with knort. I need to find out if anyone that gives injections to there self in the thigh havee extreme pain at site then radiated though whole leg. Causes mussles hunrt and cramp all night.

I've had two reactions in the first year or maybe year and a half on Copaxone. I haven't gotten them again, and I've been on the medicine for nearly five years now. One of the reactions was very mild and the other one my face got red and my heart pounded for about 5 minutes. I didn't panic, I just sat down on the bed and let it go away since I was warned that they are not serious and it went away. I really like Copaxone. I no longer get any injection site reactions at all.

I did not like the Copaxone lumps the size of lomons, Awful itching, Painful injections. I took it for 6 weeks I could not sleep because the lumps and bruising were so painful no matter which way I laid i could not get comfortable. Dr was kinda shocked when he saw the lumps and changed me to Rebif. I start rebif tomorrow. I know i could get flu like symptoms bet it will be better than what i had on copaxone. May be i will be lucky and not get side effects. Keeping my fingers crossed.

I started Copaxone two months ago and I am still having the lumps and itching for days after injections. My PA told me the lumps will most likely not go away. She asked me if I could tolerate it. Is this true for you MSers that have used Copaxone. Debating whether or not to continue these injections. It's not horrible but annoying. Kinda embarassing to itch my sites all the time! Im just scared to switch and then have to deal with flu-like symptoms with the other injectibles.

I have recently stopped using Avonex due to side effects and have done a lot of reading on alternatives. My neuro suggested Copaxone or Gilyena. I am leaning toward the Copaxone and am reaching out to you for your experiences with this treatment. 1. Side effects 2. Site reactions 3. Auto injector or not 4. Length of time on the med 5. Injection process (cold or hot packs etc) 6. Do you rotate sites 7. Any other info that may be helpful Thanks!!

Tomorrow is the four week mark since I started Copaxone. In general it has gone pretty well. The novelty has worn off though and I sometimes catch myself in an internal dialog about how long this routine will last. HERE'S MY QUESTION. It seems that lately I have noticed more of a lasting reaction. The welt and sting are pretty much the same most days. What's worse is the lump left behind. They used to disappear in 24-48 hours.

The back of the arms are the second worse place for lumps. I use to have big lumps with Copaxone now they are dime size and no prepping for the shots. I just make sure that it is room temperature before injecting.

I am sorry to hear that Copaxone did not work out for you. I am on Copaxone and notice the lumps too. I did not have the lumps until I started to use the auto-injector, so I have gone back to self-injecting. As to the Avonex or Rebif. These are Interferons and if you have a propencity towards depression, I caution you that you may want to be followed closely if you decide on either of these drugs. They have been known to cause depression in those that are susceptible to depression.

I'm at almost 4 months on Copaxone (haven't missed a single shot). Every once in a while I get a little nausea after my shot. It's usually so mild I can just ignore it. I have been thinking it might be psychological (heebie jeebies from sticking myself with a needle). But tonight it's severe enough to feel really real. Blech :P I Googled "Copaxone nausea" and see that I'm not the only one to experience this.

As usual, by the time I got home, my shampoo and conditioner had leaked a bit in my suitcase. No biggie. But when I took out my Copaxone last night, I noticed that the packaging was dented on the extra syringes I had taken with me. Then, when I opened the packaging on last night's shot, I noticed it had leaked a bit inside the package. It was kind of sticky, which totally grossed me out. I'm flying from LA to Boston Wednesday night.

I'm curious how long it took for those on Copaxone for the welts and redness to lessen. I've been on Copaxone since June and it seems they are getting worse. The first two or so weeks I did not have much of a problem. Then I started to get large red patches/lumps on my arms. They can run the length of my back arm where I give my shots. Weeks later they started to get large on my legs (the size on my entire hand at times). Eventually they started to get large on my hips and abdomen.

I have been on Copaxone for 2 1/2 yrs, I still have the stinging, lumps and itching, I recently had a nurse come visit and she changed my settings to a 4, I was using much higher like 5-8...I thought what I had was fat but she said I was thin. My first nurse put me on a 4 and I changed it myself.. With the heat and following her step by step instructions before the injection, I really cannot tell the difference... But I haven't tried to manually inject yet..

Thank you for responding. I have had about every "side-effect" the Copaxone warns of. Itching, bee-sting like feeling, lumps under skin, the dreaded tightness of the chest, flushing, etc. That has happened 3 times since I started this. I no longer inject into my legs because every time it happened, it was after my leg was injected. It scares me so bad. I'm not vain to where I am scared of showing stuff...my arms look terrible with all the scabs.

The stinging and small lumps seem to go hand in hand with Copaxone. I have never taken an injection that has not left a small lump. They were bigger lumps when I first started and all of them stung like a bee-sting. This stinging started to let up, the more I used the Copaxone. I still get those real "whopper" stings once in a while. Some lasting about 30 minutes with itching. Do not scratch the injection site. This will only irritate it.

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