betaseron depression

In my opinion, if you have problems with depression, stay away from Betaseron. Its effects on depression are documented. I think there was one member here who actually had suicidal thoughts while on it (I won't say who, but she's a trusted source.) I don't have problems with depression, and I've never had the flu-like reaction, so I'm fine with it. However, they've found that Betaseron has no affect on progression of disability, so it's something to consider.

ve kicked around the CRABs here, a lot. Copaxone, Rebif, Avonex, and Betaseron are the primary four. Your doctor didn't offer Tysabri as your fifth, did he? I like the Decision Maker tool in the uk that walks you through the drugs and helps you figure what is important for you. You can access this at http://www.msdecisions.org.uk welcome to the world of drugs aand bills. I'm glad to hear you are getting treatment for your CIS. Congrats on that one.

I have been off of Betaseron for about 2 weeks now and my eyes are back to being very uncomfortable. Before I started Avonex eye pressure and pain was a huge problem. Now it is is starting again.

m not on betaseron, but am glad to hear you are making a change to see if you can find a combination to slow your MS. Getting the new MRI done on the stronger machine is so important for your baseline... it will give your new neuro a good view as to where you are coming from. And you're right, it might show where you have new damage that is causing your changes.

Hi! I'm an MS patient. I was diagnosed at 22 and am now 28. So, for 6 years I've tried a lot of MS therapies. I've done the Rebiff, Betaseron, and 1 other that I don't even remember the name of. Anyways, I started taking Avonex. This coming up week will be my 5th injection. I have suffered through the fever, the body aches, let me make that severe muscle pains, abdominal pains, and the list goes on. The one side effect that is really worrying me is the depression.

Hi there, We've not met yet, I'm Shelly, and I wanted to say hello. There are problems with depression and the interferons (Rebif/Avonex/Betaseron). The warnings are on the label, etc. I'm not on any meds, but sure have felt the effects on my mood. Fortunately, I come out of it for now. I think a good handful of folks are on them here - hopefully they'll pop by See you around!

I've been on Betaseron since a year after I was diagnosed in 2000. On August 20th, I quit taking Betaseron cold turkey when I finally received my new oral medication Tecfidera. For the last few days I have been dealing with horrible body aches, diarrhea, cold sweats & the inability to eat (not feeling sick, just not being hungry or interested in eating). I do not have a fever, a cough, allergies or anything else I can conclude to be at fault for these annoying symptoms.

Your situation, your betaseron or your MS could all be causing depression, alone or together in some combination. Only your doctor can work through this with you. Please don't put off having this important talk, ok? Steroids - IV doses only given by your doctor - could give you some relief to the ongoing symptoms. Have they tried them in the past? There is no MS doctor expert here right now.

My Neuro wants me to switch from Rebif to Betaseron. I have been taking Rebif since March 09 and have had to do one round of Solu Medrol in May and will find out tomorrow if I have to do another. I also have pretty bad injection site reactions which is why the Neuro wants the switch. I guess Rebif has acid in the injection and it makes the site reactions worse? My question is, I am under the impression that Betaseron is not pre mixed and also that there is not an auto injector?

____________________________________ If you are scatterbrained like me and have trouble taking your oral meds daily then you might want to go with less frequent dosing ____________________________________ If you have a strong history of major depression, you need to realize that the Interferons (Avonex, Rebif, Betaseron) can have severe depression as a side effect and this might be a good reason to avoid them.

I have been taking Betaseron for over 14 years, with no substantial side effects. I was told I would have to switch over to Extavia after the first of the year. ??????????? I have a couple problems with the Extavia, One being it looks to me that Extavia may be trying to save some money ,[[ At the patients expense ] one--a possible cheaper syringe???

The specialist at UCSF is switching me to Tysabri and has told me to go ahead and stop my Betaseron. It has now been 2 shots that I missed (well didn't take) and for the past 2 days I have been feeling like someone beat the crud outta me. My husband is insisting it is cuz I am not taking my shots. I don't see how that can be. We went to UCSF Monday night (4 hr drive), had my Dr appt Tues which took 4 hrs.

He did warn me about the miscarage risk. The last visit, he said to get off Betaseron 1 month before ttc. The BetaPlus nurse said give it two months. My husband and I discussed this. The current plan is to get off the Betaseron at the end of next week. That would be 2 wks in to the last pack of bc pills. We are planning to use alternate methods of bc for the next cycle. That would put me off of Betaseron 8 wks prior to the hoped for conception, and off the bc pills for 6 wks.

Welcome aboard - I just got my dx this week as well. I can't tell you anything about these meds but I'm sure someone will come alone who can answer your questions. I'm wondering - did you have a dmd choice or did the doctor decide which drug you should take?

I was just diagnosed last week and was given the option of which DMD I wanted to be on - I chose Betaseron. The insurance I am on does not carry it anymore and put me on Extavia (which is the same thing with a different name). I did ask the Nero which one she preffered and she said Avonex because it is just once a week but I didn't want the inter muscular needles (can't stand needles as it is).

DMD stands for disease-modifying-drug. CRAB is copaxone, rebif, avonex and betaseron. VEP is visual evoked potential... hmmm, can't remember any more!

I saw on your other post the mention that they want you to take Rebif instead. Be sure that your neuro is fine with that - they are both interferons and work the same way.

I have asked him with no success, and it has always made sense to me that this can be a real possiblity. And I do know that betaseron is not good for depression. I was already being treated for depression way before MS, for years. I was told years ago that my depression was one that would have to always be treated. I could never come off of meds.

Pretty much said I wouldnt be sitting there looking like this if I had been on meds (not sure that that is entirley true only a 30% chance in my opinion) She gave me the option of another med covered by my health insurance which is Betaseron. Gave me the CD to watch and sent RX to pharmacy. Of course I come home and read all teh possible side effects and its making me want to do nothing now. I am so med paranoid (and Im a Nurse for Pete's sake!

Also, the type of interferon used is different than that in Betaseron. Betaseron is interferon beta-1b NOT interferon beta 2-b. These little points are important. Also, in discussing male sperm counts and motility one must consider many, many factors - not just the most notable med the person is on. A man's sperm count and activity may be affected by things we don't even think about like temperature, alcohol, depression, meds like anti-depressants or antihypertensives.

s the interferon part of the med which causes depression, so yes, I would expect that Betaseron (interferon-beta-1b) would be more likely than Rebif to cause the problem as it is the highest dose of all. You are very welcome - in all ways.

Hard to answer your question without more information. Why do you have only those four choices? Avonex (which I’ve used for 11 years) and others are notably absent from your list. Avonex, Rebif, and Betaseron have been around longest and have the strongest safety profiles. If your MS is more aggressive, then you may be more inclined to consider Gilenya, Tecfidera, Aubagio, or Tysabri. All of the DMDs are discussed from a neutral perspective at the link below: http://www.nationalmssociety.

I have been on Betaseron since 1995. I have not had an attack since I started using the Betaseron. 3 1/2 year ago I slipped on the stairs and landed hard on my tailbone. A pain shot up through my back and gave me a terrible headache. Over the next few days, my leg started going numb. Went to the doctor and he sent me for x-rays and gave me muscle relaxants. Nothing on the x-ray. Sent me to my neurologist. He examined me and said it was MS and had me take three courses of solumedrol.

So the doc tells me I don't have a UTI. That's the good news. The bad news is that I'm still experiencing muscle spasms and spasticity on Betaseron. I thought this would go away when the fever resolved, but it hasn't. Who else on here is taking Betaseron (or some sort of interferon?) And if so, did you have problems with muscle stiffness, and did it resolve?

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