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667078 tn?1316000935 Mylan a big maker of generics like Teva has teamed up with Natco an Indian Pharmaceutical, who makes a generic of Copaxone. They have been fighting with Teva in U.S. Courts over patent infringement for years. PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Inc. (NASDAQ: MYL) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing Mylan Pharmaceutical Inc.
1831849 tn?1383228392 Last time my injection training nurse was over, she mentioned this trial to me. I feel very ambivalent about it, since I would LOVE to inject less often, but I think going off my daily schedule might lead me to forget to inject once in a while... I'm obsessed with compliance.
382218 tn?1341181487 New data presented provided evidence that long-term treatment with COPAXONE® (glatiramer acetate injection) may offer sustained protection from neuronal/axonal injury. This protective effect was reflected biologically by a significant increase in N-acetylaspartate (NAA), a specific marker of neuronal mitochondrial function, in treated versus non-treated relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients.
382218 tn?1341181487 Disease-modifying therapies requiring frequent, self-administered injections can be particularly troublesome for some patients, as they may result in localized skin reactions at the injection site. A variety of injection-site reactions (ISRs) have been reported, including pain and erythema, lipoatrophy, abscesses and infections, necrosis, rash, swelling, and lumps.
198419 tn?1360242356 Keeping up on topic wants (studies)...Oral versus injection is down right exciting! http://www.mscare.org/cmsc/News/CMSC-INForMS-Biogen-Idec-Announces-Positive-Top-Line-Results-from-2nd-PIII-Trial-of-Oral-BG-12. "BG-12 met the CONFIRM study's primary endpoint by significantly reducing annualized relapse rate (ARR) by 44 percent for BID (p< 0.0001) and by 51 percent for TID (p< 0.0001) versus placebo at two years.
378497 tn?1232143585 Treatment with glatiramer acetate or the interferon may limit the number of new black holes that became permanent; i.e., reduce progression of brain atrophy, and the interferon seemed to be slightly better at it. There is no control (i.e., untreated) group for comparison of how well the ************** worked vs. no treatment at all.
Avatar f tn I'm a rank beginner at this (just did my 6th injection) so I'd appreciate experienced opinions. My Support Services weekly injection map/planner has only 4 sites for each arm, 8 for the hips, 10 for the thighs and 19 in the abdomen. That seems excessively burdensome for the arms and not using the abdomen enough.
572651 tn?1530999357 Full story Two MS Drugs No Better than One NEW ORLEANS -- Among patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, little clinical benefit was seen for combining glatiramer acetate with interferon beta-1a versus either drug alone in a large randomized trial.
Avatar m tn I assume you refer to interferon beta-1a or 1-b injections, glatiramer acetate injections or natalizumab injection. Even though these drugs are immunosuppressants, there is no evidence that they can produce a late HIV sero-conversion, even though the literature on this is limited, but their mechanism of action is different to the production of HIV antibodies. In any case, I strongly beleive that all of this is irrelevant in your case, becuase you did not put yourself at risk whatsoever.
Avatar m tn Advantage Safe - antihistamines are established drugs with less severe side effects than current MS treatments e.g., interferon-beta, glatiramer acetate, high-dose IV immunoglobulins, monoclonal antibodies against a-4 integrin and steroids) Convenient - oral administration is easier for patients costs to produce and store these compounds are lower than existing treatments" Cost= $5.00 per month I also found the following which should be of interest here: http://www.
Avatar n tn I have a very mild form of MS and take a daily injectable medication called glatiramer acetate...not sure if that could be the cause of the problem? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Avatar n tn Also a study published in the August issue of Neurology showed that Copaxone® (glatiramer acetate for injection) reduced by 50 percent the percentage of permanent "black holes" that developed in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Black holes are lesions MS can cause in the brain, and these lesions, if permanent, represent areas where the most severe and irreversible brain tissue damage has occurred.
Avatar f tn Hi. How safe is the injection as a contraceptive and is there side effects.
Avatar f tn i have been told that there is an injection you can have between certain ages to provent ovarian cancer?
282812 tn?1225110981 I just took my menopur injection and 1/2 of it leaked out i did not have the needle screwed on good and didnt know it till i was injecting it and it started to drip on my leg.What should i do? Do i need to call the RE? I have appointment in the morning for bw/us this day 8 of stims .I am really worried.
Avatar n tn I take my chemo treatment on Friday morning and do not get the Neulasta injection until Mon. morning. Is there a problem by waiting this long for the injection?
Avatar n tn Today I went to the hospital to injection, I found there are some blood in the nurse's gloves (may be the last one's) and then she friction my vein with fingers, if If my arm have other people's blood and then injected into my vein, I have a risk? Please consider me, I need a responsible answer.
Avatar m tn I went to the doctors friday past to get tetanus shot the lady who was in before me was getting blood drawn when the nurse was givin me my injection she wasnt wearing gloves nor did she wipe my arm with alcohol or wash her hands if the lady before me had hiv and the nurse didnt wash hands after drawnig blood is there a risk to me her hands looked clean but she did touch serval surfaces and door knob before giving me the injection iam I at risk from this .
1896537 tn?1381900009 I've got the nurse coming out tomorrow to take me through my first Rebif injection but this morning I've woken up with cold sores covering almost my entire lower lip....is it still ok to go ahead with starting rebif or should I put it off til I'm less run down? sorry if this is a silly question but I want to get off to a good start being as I have waited so long to start a dmd!