• Effectiveness

  Major (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (itching, nausea, bruising, lipodystrophy (lipoatrophy or loss of fatty tissue), redness, lumps and bumps, injection site pain, injection site itching, swelling)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I've only tried the auto-ejector once and since that first time, it's been manual for me. I've been on this med for two years and I've done well on it - - that's enough of a motivator to continue with whatever inconvenience the daily injection poses.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: lipodystrophy (lipoatrophy or loss of fatty tissue), lumps and bumps, injection site itching, injection site pain, bruising, itching, nausea, redness, swelling

• Effectiveness

  Major (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (itching, nausea, bruising, lipodystrophy (lipoatrophy or loss of fatty tissue), redness, lumps and bumps, injection site pain, injection site itching, swelling)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Recent MRI shows no new or enhancing lesions. Before Copax and estriol, fresh attacks hit every 2-3 months. Free of attacks since 9/09. Hallelujah!

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: lipodystrophy (lipoatrophy or loss of fatty tissue), lumps and bumps, injection site itching, injection site pain, bruising, itching, nausea, redness, swelling

• Effectiveness

  Major (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (itching, nausea, bruising, lipodystrophy (lipoatrophy or loss of fatty tissue), redness, lumps and bumps, injection site pain, injection site itching, swelling)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: From what I understand, Copaxone takes 4 - 6 months to kick in. In my case I began taking it 8/09. One month after I began treatment I had another attack. But this flare-up was much milder than previous ones (they had been running every 2 - 3 months, putting me in bed for days). Since 9/09, I've had fatigue hit me pretty hard but my balance has recovered enough so that I'm walking without a cane and the fatigue has diminished enough so that I can walk roughly a mile. For a bit of perspective, in the late Fall I had to sleep for an hour after taking a shower in the a.m. Please keep in mind that I take this med with other pills.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: lipodystrophy (lipoatrophy or loss of fatty tissue), lumps and bumps, injection site itching, injection site pain, bruising, itching, nausea, redness, swelling

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (itching, nausea, bruising, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site pain, injection site itching, swelling)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: 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.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: lipodystrophy (lipoatrophy or loss of fatty tissue), lumps and bumps, injection site itching, injection site pain, bruising, itching, nausea, redness, swelling

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Cost: $100-199 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: bruising, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site itching, itching

• Effectiveness

  None (for General health)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (itching, bruising, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site itching)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I just wonder what it would be like if i did not take the shots, I think the medicine dose help me, as I know how i feeling before. I stillc tired and wore out but over all I feel great. As i know the tireness is something for now i have to live with

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: bruising, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site itching, itching

• Effectiveness

  None (for General health)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (bruising, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site itching)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I think taking the shots has helped me out, I know how I felt before i started my treatments, so I feel positive about my treatment. I'm on a program so there is no cost to me for the shots,

Side effects: bruising, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site itching, itching

• Effectiveness

  None (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

• Effectiveness

  None (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: did not work at all

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (bruising, injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I had reduced fatigue within a month.

Cost: $200+ monthly

Side effects: lumps and bumps, bruising, redness, injection site reaction

• Effectiveness

  Major (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (bruising, injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Be very consistant, and rotate your shots.

Cost: $200+ monthly

Side effects: lumps and bumps, bruising, redness, injection site reaction

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: It's not really a positive, but my immune system now recognizes mosquito bites as a problem.

Cost: $200+ monthly

Side effects: lumps and bumps, bruising, redness, injection site reaction

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I inject my copaxone every evening before bed after my shower. I have found that if I inject slowly I have much less trouble with pain & lumps after the injection. The stinging, pain & itch has decreased over time as I have been on Copaxone for over 8 months. You are not supposed to massage the site for 24 hours after injecting but it helps to do so if it has been >24hrs. I will never be able to know for sure but I believe this treatment has been very effective. I have been doing much better after several months on it.

Cost: $25-49 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Cost: $25-49 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: My taking of this medication is due to the loss of brain cells as opposed to relapses persay .. my neuro conducted a spectroscopy and didn't like that issue about the brain cells . I didn't reply yes or no to unexpected benefits as at first I thought I was feeling better but I think now that it was just wishful thinking . I am all for positive believe me . As for side effects , the book which shows diagrams wher to inject is so way off that I gave my 4th shot too high up above my belly button . The next day I felt horrible and called up Teva . The nurse said a false exacerbation. Then they called back and that nurse said she is documenting it as there were no notes by the previous nurse . I am sure no drug maker wants to hear the bad but Teva says it does , so when I suggested making the diagrams more accurate as people like me are going to go by what they see and can comprehend . Well, whatever . They made notes . Now I know better and it does make you have site issues , the rest is of course unknown as that is how it works right ? You have no way of knowing , like my MS , if it is workiing ?

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Major (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for Support immune health)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: When you first start taking this injection you will experience the symptoms of a small panic attack. Also it will leave a lump at the injectionsite. The injectionsite will often itch.