242 patient evaluations for Glatiramer acetate

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Jul 10, 2012 (Started May 21, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site scar)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Better for me to take the shot in the morning so that I didn't forget. If I waited until evening I'd forget or fall asleep.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 18, 2012 (Started Mar 01, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 24, 2012 (Started Oct 15, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for General health)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Always took it at night so I would not forget and I always wrote down the time and day.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: lumps and bumps, itching, injection site itching, injection site reaction, redness, bee sting sensation, injection site pain

Feb 20, 2009 (Started Oct 15, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for General health)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (itching, injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site pain, injection site itching, bee sting sensation)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: lumps and bumps, itching, injection site itching, injection site reaction, redness, bee sting sensation, injection site pain
  • 0 helpful marks

May 15, 2012 (Started Aug 01, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site pain)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: use heat before and ice after!! Tried it a couple of times without and the sting that comes with the shot was unbearable!
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 14, 2012 (Started Mar 06, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fatigue)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (pain, fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: only take if effective
Cost: $200+ monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 25, 2012 (Started Jun 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I use an ice pack to numb the area before taking my shot. After, I take the ice pack and massage the area for a minute it help with the after sting and moving the medication around so it don't raise up under my skin and cause an irritation. I know shots get old after a while but this will help with some of the pain of doing it.
Cost: < $25 monthly

May 4, 2011 (Started Jun 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I have been taking Copaxone since I was first diagnosed and I think it is a life saving drug. I don't like the needles everyday but it had kept me out of a wheelchair (By the grace of God) I have had a couple of reactions when I first started it. I feel good being on it and it gives me a positive attitude that my MS Will not ruin my life I am in control of my life.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 1, 2012 (Started Nov 05, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (burning sensation, chest pain, fever/chills, anticipatory anxiety)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 26, 2012 (Started Mar 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Advice & Tips: Shots weren't too bad for me, helped to pull the shots out and let them warm up. For me, I had allergic reactions that grew more and more frequent until they were weekly (difficulty breathing, diarhea, vomiting and chills)
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: lumps and bumps, injection site itching

Jul 6, 2009 (Started Mar 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (lumps and bumps, injection site itching)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Advice & Tips: It does get better, even after a few months, for me laying off caffeine for the hour before I took my shot reduced the sting of the medicine entering my body
Cost: $200+ monthly
Side effects: lumps and bumps, injection site itching
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 15, 2005 (Started Jul 01, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (injection site reaction)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 1, 2012 (Started Jul 30, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (lipodystrophy (lipoatrophy or loss of fatty tissue), flu like symptoms)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks
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