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What is Copaxone? Copaxone® (glatiramer) is a brand name drug that contains four amino acids: L-alanine, L-glutamic acid, L-lysine and L-tyrosine. It is used for relapsing-remitting MS, not as a cure but to reduce the frequency and severity of relapses. Copaxone is administered as a subcutaneous injection. Read more...Click to read more below

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Teva's Copaxone site


Reasons Taken

1495 patients in the community are taking or have taken Copaxone.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Slow my MS progress 1268 84%
Other 89 5%
Stiffness/spasticity 22 1%
General health 15 1%
Fatigue 11 <1%
disease-related symptoms 9 <1%
Don't know 8 <1%
Bladder problems 7 <1%
Pain 6 <1%
Slow my ALS progress 4 <1%
Brain fog 3 <1%
Depression 3 <1%
Cognition 2 <1%
Anxiety 2 <1%
Blurry vision 1 <1%
Numbness 1 <1%
Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia) 1 <1%
Mood swings 1 <1%
Mobility 1 <1%
Loss of coordination/balance 1 <1%
numbness in left hand 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Copaxone.

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  0 mg day 0 day 0 mg none 0 mg week 0.2 mg day 1 g day 1 mg day 1 mL day 1 day 2 mg day 20 mg week 5 mg day 10 mg day 20 mg day 300.0300030003 mg month 13 mg day 15 mg day 20 mg day 20 day 22 mg day 25 mg day 30 mg day 40 mg day 44 mg day 50 mg day 60 mg day 80 mg day 81 mg day 100 mg day 120 mg day 200 mg day 250 mg day 300 mg day 400 mg day 500 mg day 1200 mg day
  279 Number of Patients: 279 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 47 Number of Patients: 47 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 14 Number of Patients: 14 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 699 Number of Patients: 699 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 6 Number of Patients: 6 9 Number of Patients: 9 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Copaxone or how long patients were taking Copaxone before stopping.

Currently taking Copaxone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
13
53
90
153
139
312

Stopped taking Copaxone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
18
33
58
60
69
100
Why Patients Stopped Taking Copaxone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 141 40% Did not seem to work: 40%
Side effects too severe 133 38% Side effects too severe: 38%
Doctor's advice 90 26% Doctor's advice: 26%
Other 63 18% Other: 18%
Expense 20 6% Expense: 6%
Personal research 13 4% Personal research: 4%
Not indicated 6 2% Not indicated: 2%
Course of treatment ended 1 0% Course of treatment ended: 0%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 88 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 21% 17
Moderate 16% 13
Slight 10% 8
None 6% 5
Can't tell 48% 39

Slow my MS progress

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 6% 5
Moderate 10% 9
Mild 53% 47
None 31% 27

Top reported side-effects include: injection site reaction, lumps, redness

Summary results are based on 88 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 88)

  • BrainStain4
    Flare-up: Moderate
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: None
    Cognition: mild
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: none
    Walking: none
    See profile
  • BrainStain4
  • by BrainStain4
    Aug 18, 2008
  • EfficacyCan't tell
  • Side-effectsMild
  • Slow my MS progress
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.

  • JesswithMS
    Sensation: Severe
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • JesswithMS
  • by JesswithMS
    Feb 10, 2005
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsMild
  • Slow my MS progress
Advice/Tips
Ice down your injection site to help with the redness. I also found that self injecting prevented the welts I would get from the autoinjector.

See all evaluation results for Copaxone



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