240 patient evaluations for Glatiramer acetate

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Feb 2, 2010 (Started Mar 12, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: lumps and bumps, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR), redness

Jun 16, 2009 (Started Mar 12, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (redness, lumps and bumps, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Advice & Tips: It takes commitment
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: lumps and bumps, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR), redness

Apr 20, 2009 (Started Mar 12, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: lumps and bumps, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR), redness

Jan 26, 2009 (Started Mar 12, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: lumps and bumps, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR), redness
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May 9, 2009 (Started Mar 19, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (burning sensation in legs, muscle spasms, migraine headaches, chronic diarrhea, agitation with irritability)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I wish I could use this treatment. It has the best track record. Unfortunately, I could not tolerate the side effects mentioned and my doctor couldn't control them. It works well for many. Suggest this be your first choice for treatment.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: chronic diarrhea, agitation with irritability, burning sensation in legs, muscle spasms, migraine headaches
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Sep 1, 2009 (Started Feb 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 1, 2010 (Started Jun 01, 2002)

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

Jun 1, 2004 (Started Jun 01, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Every other day
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 23, 2010 (Started Aug 10, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 15, 2007 (Started Jan 15, 1998)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (injection site itching, injection site swelling, injection site bruising)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: injection site bruising, injection site itching, injection site swelling
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Feb 17, 2010 (Started Aug 10, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (I detailed the single reaction in the previous section)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Taking a daily injection is no different from taking a daily pill. There is a little more preparation, about 60 seconds, and there is often mild bleeding BUT NO PAIN and use of an ice pack deals with this easily. I travel a lot so have to carry my needles with me and sometimes am asked at security points or customs halls to show the letters I carry from my GP and neurologist. I have had 1 severe adverse reaction to Copaxone which apparently occurs very rarely in very few users. I did report this to PLM and it is on file. I would repeat that it is a rare occurance in very few users. What happened was that almost immediately after I injected I got really hot and flushed and fell to the floor with significant muscle pain, it lasted for 20 - 30 minutes and then passed by as though nothing had happened.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: I detailed the single reaction in the previous section
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Jan 1, 2010 (Started Dec 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Don't know)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Every other day
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps, bruising, injection site pain

Dec 1, 2008 (Started Dec 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Don't know)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (bruising, injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site pain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Side effects: injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps, bruising, injection site pain
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 1, 2010 (Started Nov 08, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site pain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Every other day
Advice & Tips: I take this shot daily and have varied the times until I found a time that I could remember to always take, which is right after dinner with my evening dinner pills. The shots sting like a bee and hurt like the dickens. It is still to early to tell whether or not they are being effective but I am willing to give anything a chance. They leave hard knots under the injection site and after a week or so the skin at the injection site dries out really bad.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: injection site pain
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Jan 1, 2010 (Started Apr 26, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (injection site swelling, injection site stinging, injection site lumps)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: injection site swelling, injection site stinging, injection site lumps
  • 0 helpful marks
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