197 patient evaluations for Copaxone

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Jun 21, 2009 (Started Feb 27, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site pain, injection site itching)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: $50-99 monthly
Side effects: injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site itching, injection site pain
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 19, 2009 (Started Jun 15, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site pain, injection site itching)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Side effects: injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site itching, injection site pain
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 13, 2009 (Started )

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, lumps and bumps, injection site pain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Side effects: injection site reaction, lumps and bumps, injection site pain
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 3, 2009 (Started Jun 03, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for General health)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: take same time everyday
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 30, 2009 (Started Apr 18, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (bruising, injection site reaction, lumps and bumps, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR), injection site pain)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Use it as your daily reminder of keeping yourself healthy. Be patient. It takes some time to get used to the pain. I thought it was incredibly painful in the beginninng, but the pain isn't that bad after you get used to shooting yourself with a needle.
Side effects: injection site reaction, lumps and bumps, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR), bruising, injection site pain
  • 1 helpful mark

Oct 30, 2008 (Started Mar 30, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (bruising, injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site pain, injection site itching)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Talk to the doctors and nurses available to you about any symptoms, even if you think they are minor. Try to keep a diary of your reactions, symptoms etc as it's hard to give accurate reports to medical staff if you haven't kept good records yourself.
Side effects: redness, lumps and bumps, injection site itching, bruising, injection site reaction, injection site pain, bruising, injection site reaction, injection site pain
  • 0 helpful marks

May 27, 2009 (Started May 22, 1993)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (itching, bruising, injection site reaction, lumps and bumps, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR), injection site pain, injection site itching)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Advice & Tips: I had discontinued using the auto inject which was a mistake, I did have a relapse while on this treatment. But I had also 2008 been under a lot of stress, My Mother had broken her hip in auguest 2007 and passed awayin November 2007. My 2008 MRI displlayed new lelslions, Plus I was put on stearoids due to severe leg pain.
Cost: $100-199 monthly
Side effects: injection site reaction, itching, lumps and bumps, immediate post injection reaction (IPIR), bruising, injection site pain, injection site itching
  • 0 helpful marks

May 24, 2009 (Started Feb 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (injection site reaction, redness, lumps and bumps, injection site itching)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This is the first medicine I have been on that I have not had a relapse in 18 months.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: injection site reaction, redness, injection site itching, lumps and bumps
  • 0 helpful marks

May 12, 2009 (Started May 20, 1996)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Other)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 10, 2009 (Started Sep 12, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Improve communication)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for General health)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: to earlier, however, it appears to keep my MS in check
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: redness, lumps and bumps

Apr 11, 2009 (Started Sep 12, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Other)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for General health)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (redness, lumps and bumps)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: stick with it, write everything done you do.
Side effects: redness, lumps and bumps
  • 0 helpful marks
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