• Effectiveness

  None (for Other)
• Effectiveness

  None (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

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

  Usually
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage:

Advice & Tips: Take the medication out of the refrigerator a couple of hours before you inject it. Ice the injection site approximately 5 minutes before you inject (place an ice cube in a washcloth and hold it against the skin). Also, take a couple of ibuprofen approximately 20 minutes before you inject as this will help with the pain from the injection. In addition, if using an auto injector, don't press the injector to hard against the skin as this will cause a welt to develop because the medication has nowhere to go. Lastly, use the palm of your hand to massage the area after you inject so as to help disperse the medication.

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

• Effectiveness

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

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

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 20 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Doing the injections manually (rather than using the autoject) results in less site reactions. Read the included information, and make sure you are aware of the symptoms of the "reaction" that some experience immediately after injecting. It can be really scary when it happens if you don't know what it is. It happened to me once, after being on Copaxone for over 1.5 years.

Cost: < $25 monthly

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