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t read or heard anything linking them to allergy to Copaxone. We do have a member here who recently stopped Copaxone because she started having frequent and longer lasting generalized reactions that got scarry. It doesn't sound like your reactions are allergic in nature or severe enough to mean you should stop taking Copaxone. Of course, only your doctor can really make that decision. Since the arms are harder than other sites to access, it wouldn't hurt to review your technique.

For your question - it can take up to 6 months or so for your immune system to turn onto the copaxone and leave you alone. Copaxone works as a decoy for the problems but you have to be patient. To me it sounds like you are having a continuous flare and not a new one. They have to be separated by about 30 days or so to be considered different ones. I hope the steroids kick in and help to quiet your rogue immune system very soon. Welcome again ,and I hope we see you around often.

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...

There are a number of us here who are on or were on Copaxone. I've been on it one full year after an unsuccessful attempt at Rebif. The Copaxons shots hurt more than the Rebif ones, but that was only initially. The medication stings but after a while one's body adjusts. The needle doesn't hurt, it is very thin. My site reactions were quite red, warm, tender and the size of marbles to golf balls at first.

I have a quick question for all you veteran Copaxone users out there. When my the nurse was showing me how to inject my Copaxone, she said that I should not get bruises. I have had slight bruises left on my arms and legs after my past 3 injections. Should I be worried? I have been getting a pretty big welt, about the size of an orange, and then the next day the area is bruised. Nothing major, but I just wanted to see if anyone had this experience. Thanks!

d switch back to Copaxone and try to be more diligent with the shots. Were you doing the manual or autoinjector shots? Maybe if you were doing manual, you can switch to autoinjector. I tried the manual injections and they weren't for me - I was so afraid each time. And I refuse to take Gilenya. There are too many side effects, plus the risk of death. I already have problems with heart racing and low blood pressure. It sounds like Gilenya is taking away from your quality of life....

Glad that works for you - I use my autoinject for the copaxone- I couldn't reach some of those injection sites without it. I'm too much of a weenie to do my shots manually.

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.

Ess, the Copaxone autoinjector is essentially the same as with Rebif. I declined a visit from a Copaxone nurse as I didn't need instruction in using it. I guess it might have been useful to get tips like the ones you all shared here, but this would have delayed starting treatment and I just wanted to get on with it. I won't let myself sulk about the momentary pain. I don't want to waste any precious time fretting about my situation.

Since reading other people's confessions, I've been very careful about making sure I uncap the Copaxone needle when using the auto-injector. Don't want to waste that precious, expensive Teva nector. So I created my own unique fopa (or maybe not, if someone else is willing to admit it). Here goes. I'm injecting my arm tonight. Load it - check. Uncap it - check. Position - check. Inject - misfire. Second attampt - trigger won't budge. What's up with that?

Jane asks the right questions. If you are doing Copaxone, site reactions like this are common. Be sure to rotate the injection areas and don't use the same spot again for several weeks. Massage the injection site (in the shower works best while your skin is wet) to help with the lump. You also may want to call the support nurse and talk about the depth setting on your autoinjector, if you are using one. Sometimes a change in depth will help with the lumps.

I noticed lately that when I inject my copaxone, the site bleeds more than it used to and I am having a more pronounced reaction in terms of itching and length of uncomfortability. I know that itchiness is a side effect as I have just commented on another post. Then I realized I should out the bleeding question out there. I will follow my own advice and ask my doctor tomorrow. Thanks.

Hey guys how's everything going...I've been doing a little better dealing with this whole ms situation. I ended up going to a 2nd Nuro that specialize in Ms and she said I had CIS clinically isolated syndrome which is a step lower than ms. I start on copaxone this week and I'm kinda worried about the shot. Any advice guys? My left hand is starting to come back with my cordnation and the numbness is starting to fade away little by little..

I have been on Copaxone, 4 weeks and 5 days. Instead of getting better, the injections are causing me a great deal of pain. When I inject in the back of the hip, it causes pain in the nerves in my spine. Inject in my thigh, and my thigh and leg hurt so bad, I can barely walk. I cannot manually inject. I've ttied it, my hands are too shaky. I am 5'2, weigh 73#s. I really don't have much in the way of body fat. The 1st two weeks I woke with migraine headaches.

Thank you for your good wishes, Pablo! I'm wishing you best of luck with you Copaxone start as well- and there's the autoinjector as well which you get with the Copaxone starter kit.

Good luck in making your decisions - both the dmd and the 2nd opinion. BTW, I am on copaxone, and use the autoinjector with no problems. wishing you well, Lulu .

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