I switched from evenings to day time, now that I no longer fear the needles (50 days), and i can get on with my day, with no thought of pain at the injection site.
I did a bit of research on patients taking copaxone prior to beginning treatment and I decided to go with manual injection. Compared to the one instance I used the autoinjector (with the SS nurse during training), I believe this was the right choice for me as the manual injections seem less uncomfortable. That being said, I'm still keeping an eye on oral meds slated for FDA approval in the near future.
Shot is taken daily at the same time each day. My memory issue is always an issue on remembering to take it , so I have a magnetic calender on my refrigerator I make sure and look at the calender many times thru out my day;
Currently NORD (national organization for rare diseases) pays 100% of my medication