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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'm using both mainly the straight injection

Hi all. I have been on REBIF for a year now. I am due for a follow up MRI at the end of this month, and will see my neuro in Feb. I have been very tired and feeling very emotional - off and on - for this past year. But so much has happened - my dx, having to leave my job due to symptoms - not being able to exercise like I used to - (my running always helped me keep all things in perspective!) But I'm wondering if some of my feelings of depression could be caused by the Rebif.

Hi Jane & LuLu. Currently on Rebif (Interferon beta 1a) with autoinjector for a year. It's a round lump one 1 side of the tummy & one small area with hardening sensation upon pressing down. It hurts on & off. Already tried massaging after the injection as advised by the nurse. Trying to analyze & wonder if the medicine had been absorbed by the body or already hardened & become the lump. Trying to ignore the lump but subconsciously, know that it's still present.

Last night I proceeded to do my 4th Rebif injection and wasted an entire syringe because I stupidly forgot to remove the cap. By the time I realized what I was doing it was too late; I pulled the end off of the autoinjector and the medicine came shooting out. Aargh! This happened with my first shot when the nurse was instructing me. She also forgot to tell me to pull off the cap remover so the very first syringe was ruined.

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?

Hi! I am about to start my Rebif for the first time ever next week. I wanted to know if you liked the auto inject or the normal syringe, and why you like either one better than the other. And how does it make you feel after u take the injection? And for how long you feel ill afterwords, if u do at all. Thanks!! The nurse came over today and showed me how to do it both ways. I went to school to be a medical asst. and so I know how to to sub. cutanious injections.

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.

Hello, I was diagnosed in Jan and was also given all the info on the CRAB drugs. And told to choose one. I had finally made my mind up to try Avonex. I liked the idea of only having to inject once a week. Then on Tuesday i seen a new Neuro and he said he would like to see me on something stronger. Possibly Rebif ? Now i don't see him again til May. Kind of worried i should be on something already. The sooner i start the better right ??

He follows instructions and injects slowly to the count of 10-1000 and as the Rebif is injected, the pain soars. The autoinjector leaves a round, red spot on my skin for weeks after an injection, which may be a good thing--at least we know where the latest injection sites are so we don't hit them again for at least 2 weeks. Some of the tips the nurse gave us, besides ice on the site and rubbing to distribute the Rebif and help end the burn, etc., are: 1.

I am in the process of switching to Beta due to similar reactions from Rebif. My Beta nurse said that the initial pain at the injection site will most likely be reduced because there is no preservative in Beta like there is in Rebif. But the reactions you describe are actually a reaction to the interferon and most likely I will have the same probs with Beta. It is a good reaction apparently which seems wierd.

everyone here in the US on REbif are still waiting for this autoinjector to be approved for use in the states. I'm happy to read your description here. Congrats on getting this first one done. It feels good, doesn't it?

The nurse showed me how to inject myself manually, with the autoinjector, gave me lots of goodies (travel containers, calendars, a bag, etc. etc. I also got several follow-up phone calls. Additionally, she told me that if I needed her to come out again to show me anything, just to give her a call. Everyone has their own routine of how to inject their medicine and reacts differently.

I was just wondering what devices other people use to inject their DMD. I'm on rebif and I use the RebiSmart injector. That's what they sent me and no one asked me what I wanted, but I'm glad because it's very easy to inject with.

Dear all, I have posted on this forum about the terrible side effects (depression) Avonex and Rebif have caused me- thank you again so much for helping me. It was also very important to me to hear once more from someone who has real experience how I shouldn't have been started on any interferon to start with as I suffer from chronic recurrent depression.

Is anyone else on Rebif? Any pointers or tips or suggestions from people who have been on Rebif (or Betaseron or Copaxone or Avonex)? I'm a little scared to start therapy, but also excited. I'm trying to be very positive about this. Thanks!

Ask your neurologist about this and show him/her the picture. I had larger reactions even bigger than that in the first few months . . . Don't think very single time I had huge reactions, though . . . I don't know if this will help (sounds like you've tried just about everything), but here's what helped me a little bit. It still took abut three months for the reactions to start to go down gradually, though.

Ques. to those of you using an autoinjector. I'm using the "Rebiject" and find it simple to use. However, I have noticed that sometimes, when I pull the cap off of the syringe by pulling off the gray end of the auto-injector, a couple of drops of medication will come out of the syringe before I can get it injected. And sometimes after the injection when I pull the needle away, there is a bit of the liquid on the surface of my skin.

I've been using a Rebismart unit to inject Rebif for over 2 years now. I get a months supply at a time, which comes in a small box containing 4 multidose vials, each vial has 3 - 44mcg doses, (one weeks worth). Last month my druggist aked me if I'd be willing to take a months supply of pre filled syringes. They had ordered them by mistake for another client who used to use syringes, but now uses a Rebismart injecter, and refused the syringes.

I have been on Rebif for about 4-5 weeks now and am doing M,W,F injections and just started the 44mcg doses. Seems that each time I give an injection the experience is different. Sometimes it barely hurts and sometimes it stings soo bad going in. I am having a really hard time with this and feel silly because I'm a nurse myself..but last wednesday it hurt so bad I had to sit there and cry...

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