197 patient evaluations for Copaxone

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Dec 5, 2009 (Started Mar 29, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Rotate, rotate rotate! I call it the Copaxone Macerena..arm, arm, hip, hip, thigh, thigh, tummy!
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: redness, bruising

Mar 29, 2009 (Started Mar 29, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (bruising, redness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Order the travel box to hold your medication and latest Rx label. Free from Teva/Shared Solutions. Use the 365 day panner to map your rotaion for th e coming week. I fill mine out on Sunday for the coming week. I also load all my vitamins/oral medications into a weekly organizer so that each morning I just pop my shot and swallow my pills and go. No need to think.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: redness, bruising
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Feb 5, 2009 (Started Nov 28, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage:
Advice & Tips: continue to take the Meds regular at the same time of the day. Don't forget to take it.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: lumps and bumps, injection site itching, itching
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Nov 6, 2009 (Started Jun 12, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fatigue)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, injection site pain)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I switched from evenings to day time, now that I no longer fear the needles (50 days), and i can get on with my day, with no thought of pain at the injection site.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: injection site reaction, injection site pain
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Oct 23, 2009 (Started Aug 06, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1 mL Daily
Advice & Tips: I am also a diabetic. I make it a routine to take my Copaxone Injection in the morning when I take my Insulin Injections. Making it a routine that way, makes it almost impossible to forget my copaxone injection. Sometimes, it is difficult to remember to take the injection.
Cost: < $25 monthly
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Jun 1, 2009 (Started Jan 31, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take

Jan 10, 2008 (Started Jan 31, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
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Oct 20, 2009 (Started May 21, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, lumps and bumps)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Shot is taken daily at the same time each day. My memory issue is always an issue on remembering to take it , so I have a magnetic calender on my refrigerator I make sure and look at the calender many times thru out my day; Currently NORD (national organization for rare diseases) pays 100% of my medication
Cost: $200+ monthly
Side effects: injection site reaction, lumps and bumps
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Oct 19, 2009 (Started Aug 29, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
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Oct 8, 2009 (Started Jul 17, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (itching, nausea, shortness of breath (dyspnea), redness, injection site pain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: i took rebif for about 8 months and got sick all the time. at least with this there is no flu like symptons but the shot hurts longer. i have not noticed any differece but at least i'm not sick all the time. i hate shots so my husband gives me the shots.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: redness, nausea, shortness of breath (dyspnea), injection site pain, itching
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Sep 1, 2009 (Started Jan 10, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, injection site pain, injection site itching)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Injecting became harder to do over time, especially since I felt no positive effects from the treatment.
Side effects: injection site pain, injection site itching, injection site reaction
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Nov 25, 2007 (Started Jan 07, 2005)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (itching, bruising, injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site pain, injection site itching)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Every other day
Advice & Tips: It would not have been so bad except for some of the side effects. I dreaded doing the injections. I had 2 bad injection one sent me to the ER and they calle dit he 911 reaction, the othr I layed down and let it pass. The fear of it happening again was enough.
Side effects: itching, injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site itching, bruising, injection site pain
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