129 patient evaluations for Interferon beta-1a IM Injection

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Dec 19, 2014 (Started )

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 15, 2017 (Started Jul 14, 2017)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (extreme flu like malaise)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg Weekly
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 7, 2017 (Started Jan 28, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (flu like symptoms, fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: fatigue

Jan 6, 2016 (Started Jan 28, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (flu like symptoms, fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: fatigue

Sep 7, 2015 (Started Jan 28, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: fatigue

Sep 25, 2014 (Started Jan 28, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (flu like symptoms, fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Advice & Tips: I reached a point I couldn't take needles in my legs any longer it hurt so bad so this med was discontinued.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: fatigue

Jul 1, 2014 (Started Jan 28, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (flu like symptoms, fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: fatigue

Feb 4, 2013 (Started Jan 28, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (flu like symptoms, fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: I am now considered SPMS (Secondary Progressive MS) because I am 60 and they have no research to show that it works once you reach that stage but they said if I FELT like it was working I could continue to take it. I walk unassisted, I talk, I drive within a 50 mile radius to the doctor, and I pay our bills and look after myself. I can't clean house and do other things but I can do that so me and my Neurologist determined that as long as I was up and moving we were not going to fix something that wasn't broke. I am getting it on a grant and don't have to pay for it and am more than a little thankful that I am still able to get it for fear I would go downhill rapidly without it. I take Benadryl after the shot and have no trouble with the flu like sysmptoms unless I forget that.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: fatigue

Jan 15, 2013 (Started Jan 28, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: fatigue

Jun 30, 2012 (Started Jan 28, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (flu like symptoms, fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: fatigue

Jul 28, 2010 (Started Jan 28, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (flu like symptoms, fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Advice & Tips: I TAKE MY SHOT ON SUNDAY NIGHT BECAUSE I DON'T WORK. IF I WORKED IT WOULD BE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE DAY AFTER THE SHOT SOMETIMES I SLEEP A LOT AND OTHERS I AM FINE. NO UNEXPECTED BENEFITS.
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: fatigue
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 1, 2016 (Started Feb 28, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (flu like symptoms)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mcg/0.5 mL M,W,F
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 2, 2015 (Started Feb 10, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (headaches, nausea)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 200 mcg Weekly
Advice & Tips: Does nothing for progression.
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 20, 2015 (Started Aug 25, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Cost: $200+ monthly

Sep 23, 2010 (Started Aug 25, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 30 mcg/0.5 mL Weekly
Advice & Tips: i wasn't sure if it was doing anything until i recently changed neuros had an mri and he told me it was doing its job so was good to hear
Cost: $200+ monthly
  • 1 helpful mark

Nov 11, 2014 (Started Jul 01, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (depression with suicidal thoughts, stomach flu (gastroenteritis))
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 30 mcg Weekly
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 2, 2014 (Started Oct 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (nausea, dizziness, fever/chills, joint pain, tiredness, whole body ache, stabbing headaches, flu like symptoms, shivering, muscle aches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 30 mcg/0.5 mL Weekly
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: shivering, nausea, whole body ache, fever/chills, tiredness, stabbing headaches, flu like symptoms, joint pain, dizziness, muscle aches

Mar 14, 2014 (Started Oct 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (nausea, dizziness, fever/chills, joint pain, tiredness, whole body ache, stabbing headaches, flu like symptoms, shivering, muscle aches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 30 mcg/0.5 mL Weekly
Advice & Tips: I switch to avonex pen auto injector I wish I did this a long tme ago
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: shivering, nausea, whole body ache, fever/chills, tiredness, stabbing headaches, flu like symptoms, joint pain, dizziness, muscle aches

Nov 2, 2009 (Started Oct 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (nausea, dizziness, fever/chills, joint pain, tiredness, whole body ache, stabbing headaches, flu like symptoms, shivering, muscle aches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 30 mcg/0.5 mL Weekly
Advice & Tips: I TAKE TO ALEIVE BEFOR AND DURING THE WHOLE WEEKEND. SOMETIME THE SIDE EFFECT ARE MILD SOMETIMES THE ARE STRONGE
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: shivering, nausea, whole body ache, fever/chills, tiredness, stabbing headaches, flu like symptoms, joint pain, dizziness, muscle aches
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 15, 2011 (Started Jul 05, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (flu like symptoms)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 30 mcg Weekly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 15, 2013 (Started Jan 15, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (heart attack (myocardial infarction))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 30 mcg Daily
Advice & Tips: I took Avonex for 6 months. I had 4 heart attacks within that period. I only had a minor blockage which my doctors say couldn't have caused them. Biogen confirmed Heart Attacks and Congestive Heart Failure were one of the side effects. Biogen strongly encouraged me to stop taking it.
  • 0 helpful marks
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