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Interferon beta 1a IM Injection Treatment Report
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Brand Names:
Avonex, Avonex Prefilled Syringe
Generic Name: Interferon beta 1a IM Injection
See also:
Interferon beta-1a SubQ injection
What is Interferon beta 1a IM Injection? Interferon beta-1a is a drug in the interferon family used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS). It is produced by mammalian cells while Interferon beta-1b is produced in modified E. coli. Interferons have been shown to have about a 30–35% reduction in the rate of MS relapses, and to slow the progression of disability in MS patients.
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons Taken
1089 patients in the community are taking or have taken Interferon beta 1a IM Injection.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Slow my MS progress | 930 | 85% |
| Other | 43 | 3% |
| General health | 10 | <1% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 8 | <1% |
| Fatigue | 7 | <1% |
| Don't know | 7 | <1% |
| Vision | 3 | <1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 3 | <1% |
| Pain | 2 | <1% |
| Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia) | 1 | <1% |
| Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) | 1 | <1% |
| Sexual dysfunction | 1 | <1% |
| Bladder problems | 1 | <1% |
| Brain fog | 1 | <1% |
| Optic neuritis (inflammation of optic nerve) | 1 | <1% |
| Stuffy head and ear pain | 1 | <1% |
| Mobility | 1 | <1% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | <1% |
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Interferon beta 1a IM Injection.
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All (Show Top 10)
| 0 - week | 0 mcg week | 0 mg week | 0 week | 0.007143 mcg week | 0.035715 mg week | 0.042858 mcg week | 0.0464295 mcg week | 0.07143 mcg week | 0.07143 mg week | 0.07143 mL week | 0.07143 week | 0.14286 mcg week | 0.14286 mg week | 0.14286 mL week | 0.14286 week | 0.21429 mcg week | 0.21429 mg week | 0.57144 week | 0.7143 mcg week | 1 mcg week | 1.4286 mg week | 1.885752 mg week | 2 mcg day | 2.1429 mcg week | 2.1429 mg week | 2.1429 mcg week | 2.8572 mcg week | 3.14292 mcg week | 3.42864 mcg week | 4.2858 mcg week | 4.2858 mg week | 4.2858 week | 4.71438 mcg week | 5.0001 mcg week | 5.0001 mg week | 5.28582 mcg week | 6.28584 mg week | 7.143 mcg week | 8.5716 mcg week | 9.42876 mcg week | 11.4288 mg week | 14.286 mcg week | 17.8575 mcg week | 28.572 mcg week | 30 mcg day | 30 mcg week | 35.715 mcg week | 44 mcg day | 51.4296 mg week | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Interferon beta 1a IM Injection or how long patients were taking Interferon beta 1a IM Injection before stopping.
Currently taking Interferon beta 1a IM Injection
Stopped taking Interferon beta 1a IM Injection
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side effects too severe | 180 | 46% |  |
| Did not seem to work | 137 | 35% | |
| Doctor's advice | 97 | 25% | |
| Other | 77 | 20% | |
| Expense | 18 | 5% | |
| Personal research | 11 | 3% | |
| Not indicated | 10 | 3% | |
| Course of treatment ended | 1 | 0% | |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 80 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 14% | 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 14% | 11 |
| Slight | 9% | 7 |
| None | 16% | 12 |
| Can't tell | 47% | 36 |
Slow my MS progress
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 29% | 23 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 36% | 29 |
| Mild | 28% | 22 |
| None | 8% | 6 |
Top reported side-effects include: Muscle ache, whole body, Chills/fever, Body Aches
Summary results are based on 80 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 80)
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- JesswithMS
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by JesswithMS
Aug 18, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsModerate
- Slow my MS progress
- Advice/Tips
- Make sure to drink plenty of fluids and take the prescribed dosage of ibuprofin or tylenol.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- msladyinca
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: none
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: severe
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by msladyinca
Jun 01, 2004
- EfficacyNone
- Side-effectsSevere
- Slow my MS progress
- Advice/Tips
- Take a couple of liquid Advil approximately 20 minutes before you inject medication. Make sure that you take the medication out of the refrigerator in plenty of time (approximately 3 hours) so that it is at room temperature before you inject. Also, ice the injection site for approximately 5 minutes before you inject (place an ice cube inside a washcloth and hold it on your skin to numb the injection site as this will help reduce the pain. Lastly, try to inject your medication just before bedtime so that you can try to sleep off many of the flulike side effects.
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0 helpful marks
See all evaluation results for Interferon beta 1a IM Injection