240 patient evaluations for Glatiramer acetate

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Oct 20, 2008 (Started Jul 28, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (bruising, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site pain, injection site itching)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Sight reactions are common.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: redness, lumps and bumps, bruising, injection site itching, injection site pain
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 6, 2008 (Started Sep 11, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (bruising, injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site itching)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Warm or cold compress, alcohol wipes and a little help from friends goes a long way!
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site itching, bruising
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 24, 2008 (Started Feb 14, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 100 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Take it at the same time everyday
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: injection site reaction
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 19, 1987 (Started Feb 02, 1988)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: $200+ monthly
Side effects: injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 20, 2008 (Started May 23, 2004)

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

May 22, 2005 (Started May 23, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Copaxone did not appear to improve or worsen any aspect of MS.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 20, 2008 (Started May 04, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 10, 2005 (Started Sep 15, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Ice down your injection site to help with the redness. I also found that self injecting prevented the welts I would get from the autoinjector.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps
  • 3 helpful marks

Aug 18, 2008 (Started Apr 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 1, 2005 (Started Jun 02, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Other)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage:
Advice & Tips: Take the medication out of the refrigerator a couple of hours before you inject it. Ice the injection site approximately 5 minutes before you inject (place an ice cube in a washcloth and hold it against the skin). Also, take a couple of ibuprofen approximately 20 minutes before you inject as this will help with the pain from the injection. In addition, if using an auto injector, don't press the injector to hard against the skin as this will cause a welt to develop because the medication has nowhere to go. Lastly, use the palm of your hand to massage the area after you inject so as to help disperse the medication.
Side effects: injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps
  • 2 helpful marks

Aug 18, 2008 (Started Dec 08, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Doing the injections manually (rather than using the autoject) results in less site reactions. Read the included information, and make sure you are aware of the symptoms of the "reaction" that some experience immediately after injecting. It can be really scary when it happens if you don't know what it is. It happened to me once, after being on Copaxone for over 1.5 years.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps
  • 17 helpful marks
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