does rebif work

Hello everyone!!! Haven't been on here since I asked the question about Medicaid dropping me. I still haven't been able to find anyway to get the rebif but I have enough to get two more months worth. All the companies want me to have not been able to get the rebif for three months then they will help. grrr. Anyway I had a question about my last blood test. My neuro called and told me that the platelets were very large. Also that they are just adequete.

Hello. Does anyone take Rebif for MS? Is it helping? How long before any improvement? Does anyone think that it's just a false hope with nasty side effects? Thanks.

For those of you on Rebif, are you on 22 mcg or 44 mcg? And as far as you know, does your dosage correlate to your degree of disability? Thanks!

I recently started Rebif. My injection sites are not that pretty. They are all red and itchy. It does not hurt when the needle goes in but I sure feel it when the meds start going in.

Is anyone currently taking Rebif? And does anyone know anything about it? I was just (finally) diagnosed with MS, though my Neuro wouln't say which kind it was... and is planning on putting me on Rebif. It's been 2 years since my symptoms started, and haven't had any kind of relapse or relief in any symptoms, they just keep coming.

I took my first shot of Rebif today. I gave myself the shot and i thought this is great no stinging, no redness, no lump like i had with Copaxone. Then WHAM!!!! I had abdominal pain about an hour after the shot it lasted for about 6hrs The only thing i could compare it to was a 6hr nonstop labor pain. We will see what happens Monday when i take the next shot. Does anyone else get this abdominal pain on Rebif.

Please contact their patient support group now and work through the options with them... if Rebif has been working you hate to make a change. There are very good patient assistance programs and like C wrote, they often bring the copay down to zero. I believe Rebif and Copaxone are about to fall off the list of drugs eligible for us in the UK on the NHS... they didn't feel the efficacy of the drug was worth the cost.

if the 44 but that wouldnt work. Rebif said they might be ahmedabad to send me a titrate band to use on 44mcq and be able to autoject. Now.I am told.pharmacies r finding the 44 is on backorder too so that's not an option. I feel like.I am having a nightmare!

I have been on Rebif for four months now, and I am not going to do another shot, I can't handle the side effects. I've tried premedicating and nothing seems to work. How many of you are in the same situation? and what did you do?

I cannot get the vaccine while on Rebif as it can a)not work and b)make me sick... apparently its a live vaccine so it can give me a small dose of the chicken pox ewww... i really dont want to get it if its not necessary or if its going to make me sick? Im seeing a doctor soon who specialises more in this sort of thing so i guess ill see what he says... i hope he says i dont need it!!

My Rebif saga has come to a conclusion. After staying off of it for five weeks and seeing a reduction in my liver enzymes, I took just one 22mcg shot again last week and already my liver is not tolerating it. The MS clinic called this morning to say no more shots (darn, I took one last night) and so I am done with Rebif for good. I guess I was overly optimistic when I started my shots last week as I picked up another $1500 worth of syringes at the pharmacy.

My neurologist recommended Copaxone or Rebif. I have choosen Rebif mainly because apparently I have an active lesion in my neck and he said that Rebif has been shown to be quicker in "healing" the lesion. I have read about Rebif and and its side effects and starting to get really nervous. Any comments, pro or cons?

Hello, I have to try Rebif before my insurance will consider me for an oral DMD (since I've already been on Copaxone). I don't know too much about Rebif. I do know that it's an interferon and can cause flu like symptoms and I think it's intramuscular injections. Do the injections hurt? Do you do the injections or does a nurse come out and give the injections? Are the injections in your legs? How often do you have to get the injections?

i have posted something similar not too long ago- as my -additional- problem is recurrent major depression for more than 10 years so far.

Hello! I've just been diagnosed with MS and am wondering which drug is better. I've read the material for Copaxone, Rebif, Avonex, and Betaseron. I've narrowed it down to two -- Rebif or Copaxone based mainly on side effects. Which drug is the best?

I was diagnosed with MS 4 years ago. At that time I immediately went on Rebif after having fun with the spinal tap. Someone asked at one point, "How does it feel to have MS?". I simply stated that when I was diagnosed, it felt like having 5 lb dumb bella strapped to each knee. I felt something different but it wasn't really an issue. Now, it's having 50 lb dumb bells on each knee. Obviously, that brings a lot more to how I handle daily activities.

Hi all, I have been on Rebif for about 18 months now and it makes me constantly feel like ****, sorry for the expression! What I mean is I just never feel normal. I came off it for 2 months in Jan to try for a baby, I have never felt so great, I had a relapse after 6 wks so my neuro said trying for another child was a bad idea for me and my family, so I went back on the Rebif. I was just thinking should I try another dmd to see if it makes me feel better or are they all gonna be the same?

Hello all! I started the Rebif about 4 or 5 months ago. I had medicaid which was the only reason I was able to get the Rebif. Medicaid just droppped me. They said the 250.00 a month in child support we recieve is too much money to qualify for medicaid. I have 2 kids and they say if a 3 people family recieves more than 188.00 a month than I won't qualify. I don't work right now, I live with my parents and kids.

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