copaxone dosage

Just read that the FDA has approved Copaxone to be given at a higher dose 3 times a week as apposed to a lower does every day. This med is one that I was considering starting for treatment. Does anyone have any thoughts or informationabout the dosage or even the medication?

The big WIN for TEVA is this begins the drug protection clock all over again for Copaxone, since it has expired and the generic version was looming. This 'new' formulation gives them exclusive rights again.

I was at a Shared Solutions sponsored dinner, and the keynote speakers were two local neuros who are involved with lots of MS trials. Both of these doctors are very much in favor of DMD's for CIS. Here are some thoughts they shared with us about CIS and its progression to full blown MS - A patient with CIS, who has 3 or more white matter lesions apparent on a T2 MRI, is predicted to have a greater than 80% chance of developing CDMS (clinicially diagnosed MS) in 7-10 years.

I was just watching a video by Dr. Kantor, he Copaxone was talking about how the copaxone dosage could be minimized. Has anyone else heard this before? Below is the video... http://conferencecenter.msworld.

My friend reduced her dose of Copaxone to 10mg instead of 20, a day about a month ago to try and save money. I told her I thought that was playing with fire and she might come to regret it down the road. Will this hurt her in the long run or is half a dose sufficient? She's been on Copaxone for at least 5 years.

I have recently started taking Rebif at the 44 MCG dosage... in addition to a few flu side effects, my lip has started twitching and was wondering if this too could be a side effect?

Well, my new Neurologist was sitting on the fence with the MS diagnosis (probable) -- until the rectal spasms, bladder spasms, paresthesia in both legs (since January 11 - 24/7, everyday until today but still hopeful that they will go away), fecal incontinence x 5 (short bout of it but it hasn't happened again thank god, and a crossed knee adductor response (wtf is that) he finally hopped off the fence and gave me the definitive diagnosis of MS.

The Copaxone rep called me yesterday to discuss my refills. I have some questions that maybe some of you can answer. She asked me if I was was still taking Copaxone or a different MS drug with Copaxone, or instead of Copaxone. In the 8 months I've been on Copaxone, I've never been asked this question before. I know the new pill is out, but is anyone here taking the new medicine? and if so... does it work, do you like it? why did you choose to take this?

As for the 20 vs 40 copaxone dosage - what she is experiencing is the attempt by the insurance company to control costs. The 20 and 40 costs the same right now, but Copaxone in the 20 mg dose is coming off patent protection in a short time and will be available as a generic drug for much less than the $50-60,000 a year they are charging right now. The 40mg dosage is a new drug patent and has protection until 2030.

I was put on copaxone 40mg 3x week and this weekend I experienced a weird reaction approx 4 hours after injection. Luckily I was home when I got a fever with intense chills and bad headache--lasted a few hours and I passed out. Anyone experience this? Could my body be in shock since I never took the 20mg and just started with the 40mg? Did anyone else start with the 40mg? I plan to call my doctor but wonder if anyone has heard of this. Thanks for your input!

t take the 4-5 days a week feeling like I had the flu, so I now take Copaxone. There are going to be some side effect to anything that you use that is approved for MS. With Copaxone I do not have any medication side effects, but do have injection site reactions. After 7 months of being on the daily injection, I notice that even my injection site reactions are getting less and less. This is MY experience. I really am sorry to hear that you have become frustrated wtih Rebif.

And my Neuro. advise me to to begin Copaxone. I have been on Copaxone now for a year. But I have only been taking it every other day.I went on to fight inflammation in my system. Which included changing my diet. My diet consists of no meat. Also I have been eating 5 oz.'s of Salmon every day. I am now thinking maybe I should take the Copaxone everyday because my left leg still is weak and tends to not want to walk along with me, on top of the stiffness.

There are 4 DMDs that you might be prescribed, known as the CRAB drugs. These are Copaxone, Rebif, Avonex and Betaseron. The latter 3 are drugs of the type known as interferons, and interferons can cause depression in some (not most) patients. These 3 differ from one another in the manner and timing of injections, also in their strength, but their method of activity in the body is basically the same.

I started Copaxone in January of this year. I have no side-effects from Copaxone, but do have alot of injection site reactions. I have a lump that itches under the skin, immediately after injection and it itches for days. Going just under the skin isn't too bad, but the itching can drive you crazy. Just like it did for 'ess.' I have found that by NOT using the auto-injector, I have less of an injection site reaction, but still have the lump and itching.

Hi JJ, Thanks for replying! Yep it was the best response I could of gotten from her and so I'm pleased. It's nice to not feel like I'm hiding my MS now. I thought the same about copaxone. I guess he's just worried my MS is more active than we first thought so wants to look at my brain and decide from there? If more active he will want to switch my med or up my dosage of copaxone to 40mg/ml. I'm not sure how I feel about any of it, so I'm hoping for little change.

Hi Val my name is julie and am still in limbo. I have been on Gabapentin for almost 2 years my dosage is 900mgs in the morning and 900mgs at night. I was prescibed this for muscle twitching, pins and needles, and a constant vibration in my legs. I have not had any adverse affects from this medication, it helped with the symptoms but has not taken them away completely.

Curious if anyone else has had a post-injection reaction to Copaxone 40 (3x a day injection) .. it was only released by the FDA this year - as opposed to Copaxone 20 (daily) which has been out for 15-20 years. When I switched to 40, I asked about side effects and was told there are no new issues over the 20. It was a no brainer to switch to the 40. I started taking it at the beginning of June.

t go away after being off the Copaxone we decided the two were unrelated and I started taking Copaxone again, last night was my first injection after the break. My question is - last night I woke up feeling like I had the flu, I was sweating, ached all over and had a massive headache. I know these are side effects of the interferons but has anyone had this while on Copaxone? I had no reaction like this the first few weeks I took Copaxone.

//www.ehealthme.com/ds/copaxone/hallucinations,+mixed "On Aug, 31, 2013: 9,277 people reported to have side effects when taking Copaxone. Among them, 5 people (0.05%) have Hallucinations, Mixed." the most recent was one person in 2011. It would be difficult to prove hallucinations were a side effect of copaxone, based on those very small numbers. There are no withdrawal symptoms from going off copaxopne.

Please have a serious discussion with your MS nurse - they will have more time to talk this over with you than the neruo - and review all the options. They can advise you about copaxone dosage. Have you also considered climate conditions for this trek? Heat is the enemy of most of us and fatigue can set in pretty quick under the wrong conditions. A bit of advance planning can help you understand and compensate for that possible problem.

because this study, like many others, was supported by the drug co. that developed, produces, markets and distributes Copaxone. So I guess we take the info with a grain of salt, and hope that the study was designed appropriately and objectively, and that results are reported accurately and ethically. If so, and the encouraging results are repeated in future studies, then it really would be great news for Copaxone users.

I have never heard of this side effect from copaxone and not sure how it could effect your cycle. Anyway, I had a hysterectomy way back when so I couldn't have this symptom regardless. Sorry.

Hey, cz! We all know what I mean when I say congrats on getting your diagnosis. Out of the land of limbo at last. Guess we should have some sort of graduation ceremony in cases like yours. I held my own for myself about 6 months ago. As to Avonex vs. Copaxone--My doc too said just pick. I picked Copaxone because I too didn't want to have flu symptoms, I liked the relative portability without worrying too much about refrigeration, and also the liver issue.

Did they tell you that you had optic neuritis? That was my first flair as far as we know. I've had it 3 or 4 times. I don't remember. I went on prednisone a few times and it worked every times. Lately, for the past few months off and on, I've been having jumpy vision. It gives me pretty bad migraines. I get migraines very easily so I'm on daily meds for that as well. It seems to work well but it doesn't stop the things that trigger my migraines.

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