Evaluations from Patients who take Glatiramer acetate

BlancheD

Sex: F

Data Quality: 0 stars

MS: 18 yrs

Sensation: Unreported

Overall: Unreported

Cognition: unreported

Vision: unreported

Speech: unreported

Swallowing: unreported

Upper limb: unreported

Walking: unreported
by BlancheD
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**Purpose:** MS (Multiple Sclerosis) *(Started Oct 01, 2008)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jan 18, 2011	20 mg Daily	Slight	Mild	Always	A little

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MSMomx4

Sex: F

Data Quality: 2 stars

MS: 19 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Mild

Overall: Mild

Cognition: moderate

Vision: mild

Speech: mild

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: mild

Walking: moderate
by MSMomx4
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**Purpose:** MS (Multiple Sclerosis) *(Started Nov 26, 2007)*
Date	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jan 17, 2011	Major	None	Usually	Somewhat
Sep 06, 2010	Moderate	None	Sometimes	Not at all
Feb 01, 2010	Moderate	None	Sometimes	A little
Sep 14, 2009	Moderate	None	Sometimes	A little

Date: Jan 17, 2011
Advice & Tips: I have had the least amount of side effects with this medicine, I had been taking Betaseron previously and had a major side effect of increasing depression. It has impacted my lifestyle somewhat, in the fact that I have to inject myself everyday at about the same time everyday.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Date: Sep 06, 2010
Advice & Tips: This medicine has worked the best for me, no troubling side effects. To take Copaxone, it has had very little negative impact on me or my life.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Date: Feb 01, 2010
Advice & Tips: Side effects were not too bad for me with this drug. The only problem I had was remembering to take the medicine. When I remember to take it I will take it. There is no real impact on me except remembering to take it.
Cost: < $25 monthly

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sarahbellum

Sex: F

Data Quality: 2 stars

MS: 29 yrs

Type: Secondary Progressive

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: None

Cognition: none

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by sarahbellum
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**Purpose:** MS (Multiple Sclerosis) *(Started Aug 07, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jan 17, 2011	20 mg Daily	?Can't tell	None	Usually	Somewhat
Sep 19, 2009	20 mg Daily	?Can't tell	None	Always	Not at all

Date: Sep 19, 2009
Advice & Tips: I was WAY more anxious about the injections than I needed to be! No big deal at all so far
Cost: $25-49 monthly

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msinaz

Sex: F

Data Quality: 1 star

MS: 15 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by msinaz
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**Purpose:** MS (Multiple Sclerosis) *(Started Jan 10, 2011)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jan 10, 2011	20 mg Daily	?Can't tell	Moderate	Always	Somewhat

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Tigertroll

Sex: F

Data Quality: 2 stars

MS: 8 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Mild

Cognition: none

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by Tigertroll
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**Purpose:** MS (Multiple Sclerosis) *(Started Jan 15, 2008)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Dec 28, 2010	20 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Always	A little
Jun 28, 2010	20 mg Daily	Major	Mild	Always	A little

Date: Dec 28, 2010
Advice & Tips: I am signing up for a study for a new oral MS medication. This requires that I be off of any modulating therapies for three months before the study begins. I think it's worth the risk. If I can help get new options on the market, I'm gung-ho!
Cost: $50-99 monthly

Date: Jun 28, 2010
Advice & Tips: The Shared Solution team is fantastic, very knowledgeable and helpful. I recently had my auto-injector break, and called my insurance to get a new one with my new month's supply of Copaxone - - they had no idea what I was talking about. Calling Shared Solutions let me talk to a very nice lady who sent me a replacement auto-injector free of charge.
Cost: $50-99 monthly

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Hestia58

Sex: F

Data Quality: 2 stars

MS: 29 yrs

Mentor

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by Hestia58
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**Purpose:** MS (Multiple Sclerosis) *(Started Dec 05, 2008)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Dec 20, 2010	20 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Usually	Somewhat
Mar 15, 2010	20 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Usually	Somewhat
Jan 20, 2010	20 mg Daily	Major	Mild	Usually	Somewhat
Aug 18, 2009	20 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Usually	A little
Mar 24, 2009	20 mg Daily	Slight	Mild	Always	A little
Dec 07, 2008	20 mg Daily	?Can't tell	Mild	Usually	Not at all

Side effects:: Injection site reaction, Lumps and bumps, Redness, Injection site pain, Injection site itching, Bruiselike feeling under skin, Injection site welt, Injection site red itchy bumps

Date: Dec 20, 2010
Advice & Tips: am so tired of taking this medication. But seems to be keeping my lesions at a stable level. And it reduced the inflammation due to mosquito bites
Cost: $200+ monthly

Date: Mar 15, 2010
Advice & Tips: Welts less bothersome. Last MRI showed no appreciable increase in lesion load ?it's working?
Cost: $200+ monthly

Date: Jan 20, 2010
Advice & Tips: while my symptoms are getting worse, my MRI shows scant changes. Now I jsut need to figure out how to pay for it.
Cost: $200+ monthly

Date: Aug 18, 2009
Advice & Tips: it takes a while for the copaxone to kick in. I was in the depths of despair after about 7 months on it with no progress except downwards - but suddenly things seem to be picking up (knock wood!)
Cost: < $25 monthly

Date: Mar 24, 2009
Advice & Tips: use autoinject, rotate sites, don't use arms or leg sites when are going to be using these areas a lot that day.
Cost: $200+ monthly

Date: Dec 07, 2008
Advice & Tips: injecting slowly is the key, I think - still new at it.
Cost: < $25 monthly

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Mikhali

Sex: M

Data Quality: 2 stars

MS: 4 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Mild

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: mild

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: mild

Walking: moderate
by Mikhali
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**Purpose:** MS (Multiple Sclerosis) *(Started Sep 01, 2009)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Dec 10, 2010	20 mg Daily	?Can't tell	Mild	Usually	Somewhat
Oct 23, 2010	20 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Always	A little

Side effects:: Injection site lumps and bumps, Itching under skin

Date: Dec 10, 2010
Advice & Tips: After taking this for a year, it was determined that this was not working well enough - I still continued to develop lesions. Although I must add that things have improved a little since stopping it so its going to be a case of wait and see to find out how much better I will end up feeling.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Date: Oct 23, 2010
Advice & Tips: I have had problems with having lost weight and finding new loctions to inject as it needs to be injected into fatty tissue. On top of that, where I have been injecting on a regular basis, the area is beginning to harden and is making it difficutl to actually inject the needle. I have been told that heating the area prior to injecting will help with the hardening (which seems to be helping) and also to massage the area much later to ensure that it disperses the drug.
Cost: < $25 monthly

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bkplus3

Sex: F

Data Quality: 2 stars

MS: 11 yrs

Mentor

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Mild

Cognition: moderate

Vision: mild

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: mild

Walking: moderate
by bkplus3
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**Purpose:** MS (Multiple Sclerosis) *(Started Mar 14, 2010)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Dec 01, 2010	20 mg Daily	?Can't tell	Moderate	Usually	Very

Side effects:: Bruiselike feeling under skin

Date: Dec 01, 2010
Advice & Tips: I had difficulty taking this shot everyday not knowing if it was helping!

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Jorpatabi

Sex: F

Data Quality: 0 stars

MS: 4 yrs

Type: Relapsing-Remitting

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Mild

Cognition: moderate

Vision: mild

Speech: mild

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: mild

Walking: moderate
by Jorpatabi
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**Purpose:** MS (Multiple Sclerosis) *(Started Feb 07, 2012)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Dec 01, 2010		?Can't tell	None	Usually	A little

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lou1202

Sex: M

Data Quality: 2 stars

MS: 30 yrs

Type: Secondary Progressive

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Moderate

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate
by lou1202
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**Purpose:** MS (Multiple Sclerosis) *(Started Sep 01, 1980)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Nov 29, 2010	20 mg Daily	Slight	None	Always	Not at all

Date: Nov 29, 2010
Advice & Tips: I was on copaxon since 1990 or there abouts. I had no side effects in all these years. After speaking in depth with my Doctor we decided to change our course of action and try this new drug.
Cost: < $25 monthly

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