• 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

• 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

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 30 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week

Advice & Tips: Its always harder when you're starting, I think the side-effects are more agressive, but whenever you get your rythm things will start to get better. It has worked really well for me since I've been doing my life normally since I started taking my meds.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (fever/chills, night sweats, sweating, sleeplessness)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Advice & Tips: to be honest i must admit rebif is working a little BUT in saying that my severe side effects that i do get from taking rebif makes me wonder am i really any better off

Cost: $50-99 monthly

Side effects: fever/chills, sweating, sleeplessness, night sweats

• 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

• 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

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for balance problems)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 30 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week

Cost: $25-49 monthly

Side effects: weakness in leg(s)

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week

Advice & Tips: Hard to inject yourself 3 times a week, especially when it makes you feel lousy.

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (flu like symptoms)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: flu like symptoms

• Effectiveness

  Major (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (flu like symptoms)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week

Advice & Tips: after I stopped taking rebif I'm no longer fatigued, weak feeling, get flu like symptoms, can walk better, think clearly, my hand trmor has gotten worse. in the last few months I was taking it I was in the hospital 2-3 times a month with a fever that ran 100-103* and during that time I couldn't walk, sit upright, speech was very incoherent at it's best. with on it though my lesions did not grow in size or in numbers.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: flu like symptoms

• Effectiveness

  None (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 44 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week

Advice & Tips: At first,my husband did my Rebif injections for me using the Rebi-ject.(I was nervous)After a few weeks I decided that I was going to try doing it myself,but because of the numbness in my fingers,I was unable to use the Rebi-ject.So, I did the injections without it.(Alot easier for me) The reason I stopped using Rebif was because I had a few more lesions show up while on it.The only side-effect I had was injection site reactions.Bright red marks right after injections that would last for a week or two.Call me vain if you wish,but I live in Florida.Because of the site reaction,I quit wearing shorts and bathing suits.That put a damper on alot of the outdoor activities our family enjoys to do. My wonderful hubby,my neurologist (who is great btw) and I discussed this and we have decided that Tysabri is the treatment I should use. *********fingers,eyes,and toes crossed**********

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 22 mcg/0.5 mL 3 times a week

Advice & Tips: I sometimes have trouble always taking as prescribed, my side affects are nausea, fatigue, and excessive soreness and redness near site of injection, ice pack and massage before or after injecting did not help at all. Had to reduce setting on injecter to two instead of 3, it decreased rashes and excessive bruising-which is a big plus. when I take my medication, it makes me unable to function for the next day--so useless 1/2 the week.

Cost: $50-99 monthly