96 patient evaluations for Rebif

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Jun 25, 2011 (Started Apr 05, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Improve mobility)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL Weekly
Advice & Tips: I do fine with taking Rebif. I take the medicine @ night before sleep
Cost: $100-199 monthly
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Jun 18, 2011 (Started Sep 25, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (headaches, injection site redness, thickening of skin, muscle aches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: headaches, thickening of skin, injection site redness, muscle aches

Nov 10, 2009 (Started Sep 25, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (headaches, injection site redness, muscle aches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week
Advice & Tips: Warm the shot up under your arm before injection, cuts down on burning.
Cost: $200+ monthly
Side effects: headaches, thickening of skin, injection site redness, muscle aches

Sep 17, 2008 (Started Sep 25, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (headaches, injection site redness, muscle aches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week
Advice & Tips: All of the side effects are slight when taking Ibuprofen at the time of injection. I take the shot around 5pm so that I feel good when I wake up in the morning. I don't notice any of the side effects in the morning, unless I don't take the Ibuprofen, and then I suffer from chills and wake up sweating about 3am.
Cost: $200+ monthly
Side effects: headaches, thickening of skin, injection site redness, muscle aches

Aug 18, 2008 (Started Sep 25, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site redness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week
Advice & Tips: Rotate injection sites and take Ibuprofen at time of injection.
Cost: $200+ monthly
Side effects: headaches, thickening of skin, injection site redness, muscle aches
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May 9, 2011 (Started Jun 14, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site bruising)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week
Advice & Tips: My skin has sub-dermal bruising from too many injections. Apparantly, my skin is too delicate now to take subcutaneous injections now.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: injection site bruising

Jul 4, 2010 (Started Jun 14, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site bruising)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 22 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week
Advice & Tips: I have a nurse who administers my injections due to my lack of grip. As yet, I have not experienced any side effects other than reddening at the sites.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: injection site bruising
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Mar 8, 2010 (Started Sep 14, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (flu like symptoms, skin pain, bone pain)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 3 times a week
Advice & Tips: Everyone's different but for me, Rebif caused extremely painful side effects. Excessive bone pain, neuropathic pain, brain fog, fatigue. It basically caused a very bad MS flare up everytime I took it.
Side effects: flu like symptoms, bone pain, skin pain
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Feb 2, 2011 (Started Dec 22, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 3 times a week
Cost: $100-199 monthly
Side effects: fatigue
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Feb 16, 2011 (Started Jan 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week
Cost: $100-199 monthly

Aug 20, 2009 (Started Jan 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 30, 2011 (Started Oct 15, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Improve mobility)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (fatigue, cramps in calf muscles, fever, muscle weakness, body tremor)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week
Advice & Tips: In taking this expect to feel awful for at least 24 hours as i have trouble waking up walking in balance and every bone, muscle and nerve aches, i also receive a temp with in 45 minutes of taking it but i also hadnt taking anything for a while so who knows if its stopped progression as i still am not able to function on this drug for days iam not use to this. of course the wheather has alot to do with it as well.
Cost: $200+ monthly
Side effects: muscle weakness, fever, cramps in calf muscles, body tremor, fatigue
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Sep 1, 2010 (Started Aug 04, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: muscle aches, headaches

Sep 16, 2009 (Started Aug 04, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (headaches, muscle aches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: muscle aches, headaches
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Oct 21, 2010 (Started Jul 15, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week
Advice & Tips: If you have used the auto injector and found it painful, don't give up on the drug. I just give myself the injection with the prefilled syringe and do it VERY Slowly!! It won't burn or leave the bruises as it might with the Rebiject. Also, the cost is expensive, as it is for all of the injections. But the MSLieflines can help with the cost. I had a co-pay of $805.00 but now only pay $50.00 since I qualified for assistance thru the MSLifelines program.
Cost: $50-99 monthly
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Oct 1, 2010 (Started Mar 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (chills)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week
Advice & Tips: I only get the chills occasionally, but when I get them they are extremely bad.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: chills
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