130 patient evaluations for Interferon beta-1a SubQ injection

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Mar 6, 2006 (Started Jan 09, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (fever/chills, injection site redness, migraine headaches, muscle aches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL Weekly
Advice & Tips: A good treatment if you can take it without side effects
Side effects: fever/chills, migraine headaches, injection site redness, muscle aches
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Nov 22, 2008 (Started Sep 01, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site redness, injection site pain, muscle aches)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 3 x 44 mcg/0.5 mL Weekly
Advice & Tips: Make sure med is room temperature before injecting. Apply ice to injection site for 20 minutes after injection. Inject slowly and massage site immediately after.
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: injection site redness, injection site pain, muscle aches

Aug 19, 2008 (Started Sep 01, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site redness, muscle aches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 3 x 44 mcg/0.5 mL Weekly
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: injection site redness, injection site pain, muscle aches
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Jul 1, 2008 (Started Oct 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site redness, injection site pain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 1 Every other day
Advice & Tips: Quite frankly Rebif is geared towards RRMS. Being SPMS, my neurologist suggested it, stating it showed some prospect in SPMS. I feel my gait and walking has slowly diminished. I am now on a 2 yr clinical trial, aimed at SPMS. At 59 yr. I'll give it a try, and if nothing else, testing for the future.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: injection site redness, injection site pain
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Oct 7, 2008 (Started Jun 20, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg Every other day
Advice & Tips: you don't know if you ge side effects until you try it yourself. I do not experience a lot of side effects at all. Only blushing around the injected place. I have heard that others feel really bad - like flu. So I guess it varies from person to person how you react.
Cost: < $25 monthly
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Oct 1, 2008 (Started May 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (fever/chills, muscle aches)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 3 x 44 mcg/0.5 mL Weekly
Advice & Tips: You need to slow the progression of this disease. I have been on this drug for approximately 5 years and although my ms has progressed it has not done so nearly as fast as it has for those in my support group who are not on any of the ms treatment programs. Hope for a cure, but slow the progression while you are waiting.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: fever/chills, muscle aches
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Sep 22, 2008 (Started Aug 30, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (fever/chills, headaches, injection site redness, muscle aches, burning pain at injection site)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: injection site redness, fever/chills, headaches, burning pain at injection site, muscle aches
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Sep 18, 2008 (Started Jul 03, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 3 x 44 mcg/0.5 mL Weekly
Advice & Tips: take advil or motrin with shot a bedtime to stave off flu sx's
Cost: $50-99 monthly
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Feb 10, 2006 (Started Nov 13, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (fever/chills, injection site redness, injection site pain, injection site itching, migraine headaches, muscle aches, burning pain at injection site)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1 mcg 3 times a week
Advice & Tips: Premedicate with tylenol, motrin, etc. before injecting. Try using cortisone cream, (tooth) numbing gel, or some other top of topical preparation before injecting. I didn't know about the topical things until my doctor recommended them to me. Icing down the injection site before and after injection may prove helpful. Heat helped me more.
Side effects: muscle aches, injection site redness, burning pain at injection site, fever/chills, injection site pain, injection site itching, migraine headaches
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 26, 2008 (Started Apr 18, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (fever/chills, injection site redness, injection site itching, muscle aches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 3 x 44 mcg/0.5 mL Weekly
Advice & Tips: I take naproxen and benedryl an hour before I inject each time.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: injection site redness, fever/chills, injection site itching, muscle aches
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Mar 23, 1990 (Started Jan 25, 1985)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (fever/chills, headaches, migraine headaches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mcg/0.5 mL Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: fever/chills, migraine headaches, headaches, headaches
  • 0 helpful marks
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