242 patient evaluations for Glatiramer acetate

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Apr 8, 2014 (Started Jan 01, 2000)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Advice & Tips: i changed to Biogens Tecfidera back in 2014 after using Copaxone for years I developed severe Necrosis on my abdomen. I did not suffer any relapses while I've been was on Tecfidera.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jul 1, 2011 (Started Jan 01, 2000)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (injection site pain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 9, 2016 (Started Feb 02, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Benedryl to get help with itching at site of injection`
  • 2 helpful marks

Jan 10, 2016 (Started Dec 13, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, injection site redness, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR))
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Advice & Tips: I know the rage is oral medication for MS, but I cannot argue with Copaxone's results. I'm still relatively stable. I am developing quite a bit of scar tissue, which makes the injections a little more difficult. However; I'm fortunate and I know it.
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Jul 1, 2015 (Started Dec 13, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, injection site redness, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR))
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Mar 2, 2015 (Started Dec 13, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, injection site redness, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR))
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Jun 23, 2014 (Started Dec 13, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, injection site redness, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR))
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I started taking Copaxone four years ago this coming December and I recently had an MRI that the neurologist stated was "remarkably stable." The MRI showed no new lesions and only one larger lesion. I had thought that I experienced an exasperation, and I may have, but Copaxone has really worked well for me. That's despite the fact that I sometimes forget to take it with the memory issues I do have.
Cost: $25-49 monthly

Apr 16, 2014 (Started Dec 13, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, injection site redness, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR))
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly

May 29, 2012 (Started Dec 13, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, injection site redness, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Fifteen months after beginning Copaxone treatment, MRI showed no active lesions and one lesion that decreased in size.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 2013 (Started Apr 22, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Don't know)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 2, 2015 (Started Jan 15, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site lumps)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 12, 2015 (Started Jun 30, 2000)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (chronic fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 40 mg M,W,F
Advice & Tips: Take injection at the same time of day for your injection
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 17, 2012 (Started Apr 28, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (Shortness of breath, face flushing, racing heart feeling, shortness of breath (dyspnea), facial flushing, injection site reaction, lumps and bumps, injection site pain, injection site itching)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This was a fantastic MS disease modifying drug for me. Very few side effects and result from MRI were always positive. Unfortunately, 3 years into it I had a severe anaphylactic reaction.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: injection site itching, injection site pain, injection site reaction, lumps and bumps

Aug 11, 2011 (Started Apr 28, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, lumps and bumps, injection site pain, injection site itching)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: injection site itching, injection site pain, injection site reaction, lumps and bumps
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 16, 2015 (Started Oct 15, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (injection site pain, injection site reaction, injection site stinging, injection site redness)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
  • 1 helpful mark

Feb 9, 2015 (Started Mar 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (hair loss)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: cop. works but, I noticed hair lose, and other problems gaiting.
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 2, 2013 (Started May 05, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I thought that since I travel about three weeks out of the month taking a shot every day would be a problem but there has been no issue.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
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