COPAXONE Reviews (GLATIRAMER ACETATE)Average Rating: 3.5 (300 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare COPAXONE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR COPAXONE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | MS | Sometimes a bump at injection site. No others except for tonite when I hit a muscle on my arm. Owie! But there are no side effects to this drug for me. | I believe this combined with Pilates has made me clear minded and physicially strong and coordinated. About six months ago I noticed an drastic change - I had not felt this good for years. | F | 23 months | 7/6/2007 | 5 | Diagnose with 2013 with RRMS | Cops one has really helped me. I was crippled and couldn't speak well. My doctor put me on Avonex and it had so many side effects. Then I ask about cops come and I'm speaking better,can move the top part of my body now. Only bad affect I have had was cramping in my leg but I will deal with that considering all the disabilities I had before. My focus is to walk again. Those that have site reactions put ice on before and after your injections to avoid site reactions and bruising. | F | 1 months | 9/2/2016 | 4 | RRMS | SITE REACTION, WELTS, BRUISING | I ALSO AGREE THAT THE PAIN IS NOTHING LIKE A BEE STING - WORSE. IT SEEMS TO HELP IF I BUSY MYSELF AFTER THE INJECTION. I WALK AROUND THE HOUSE OR GO OUTSIDE AND GET FRESH AIR. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW TIMES THAT I HAVE CRIED FROM THE PAIN. I AM DEATHLY AFRAID OF NEEDLES AND THE AUTO-INJECT IN MY BOOK IS A GOD SEND. EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIKE GIVING MY SELF AN INJECTION DAILY, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE MY LIFE AS IT IS. | F | 1 months | 1/25/2008 | 5 | The usual redness, bruising, itching, a few IPIRs. | Has been so much better than anything else for me even with the side effects from the med. Stopped the quarterly exacerbations I was having before Copaxone. | F | 4 | 10 years | 4/19/2007 | 4 | MS | Feels like a beesting. At first I only had redness for about an hour. Then all of a sudden I started getting huge lumps everywhere I injected with a lot of itchiness and swelling and redness that lasts for days, to weeks. I had to skip a couple days because of the soreness and lumpiness. Most of the lumps have shrunk into very small buttons after almost a week, but a few are still very agitated. | F | 18 | 30 days 20 mg 1X day | 3/9/2012 | 4 | RRMS | Stinging, Burning, Itching, Pain, Redness, Swelling, Huge Bruising At Location Sites That Are There For A Few Days | I'm not really loving this treatment....but I guess if it works then that's good. I was diagnosed at 17 in 08 and I have numbness in feet and then optic neuritis. They found a little lesion and so I'm on this. I take the shot at night and this morning I woke up and my Tummy was bruised really bad..it's just scary having to look at all the nasty side affects. Also on my arms people look at them and tell me it looks like someone grabbed me real hard. Hmm so far I'm just not too much of a fan... | F | 18 | 1 months 1X day | 3/9/2010 | 2 | RRMS since age 14 | The first time i got injected i got the burning,itching,tightness of chest symptom ): I REALLY HATE this medication. Im starting to believe i might be allergic? I get this really bad reaction when my husband finishes injecting the liquid like if i got bit by a bug etc. It also gave me numbness that started at my feet and is working it's way upward.Also messing with my menstrual cycle because there is nothing else that can justify it but the copaxone. | F | 20 | 3 weeks | 5/13/2009 | 4 | MS | I have only been on Copaxone for a little over 1 week, but so far I like it. The only side effects I've had so far have been redness,increased warmth, pain, and swelling. I was on Avonex for about 5 years and I think these side effects are much better than having flu-like symptoms. | Does any one have any advice about how I can reduce these side effects? | F | 22 | 8 days | 11/30/2006 | 3 | RRMS | Injection site stinging, intense pain, redness, bumps. | I have been taking this drug for 6 months and im really getting used to the side affects. it barely hurts at all so hang in there. Something else a little less conventional that has been very successful is the medical use of marijuana. it helps with just about every MS symptom that i have had. Keep a good attitude and exercise!!! IT WORKS! | M | 22 | 6 days | 8/23/2008 | 3 | Multiple Sclerosis | I had itchy and painful site reactions. However, it only lasts a few minutes. I have had one anxiety attack. All in all, I would say there are only minimal side effects. | After one year of taking Copaxone, the MRI of my brain didn't show any new lesions. However, I still had just as many. I have started developing lesions on my spinal cord now. So, I am having to change to a new drug. | F | 22 | 1.5 years | 3/22/2005 | 4 | Anitbodies against Betaseron | I am getting redness, large bee sting like things that form on my skin after the injection and then large lumps that form for a few days afterwards that are sore. If this medicine is working though ( I find out in July ) then I am not worried about it. | F | 23 | 2 months | 3/5/2007 | 4 | RR Multiple Sclerosis | I was diagnosed with MS last year after I started having tingling in my legs, they thought it was a herniated disk until they did some tests and found the 4 leisons in my brain and spinal cord. By the time I found the right doctor to run the right tests and diagnose the problem I could hardly use my legs and was in intense pain. They sent me to a place where I had steroids infused into me for a few hours a day, after a few days I regained the feeling in my legs and after I came down off the high levels of steroids I was much better. My neurologist and I went over a variety of MS drugs and although I did not want to do a daily injection, I couldn't imagion having the flu all the time, which is a common symptom of other drugs like Rebif and Avonex. Copaxone has worked well for me this past year, I have not had a relapse and have very few symptoms from the medication. The only issues I have are the lumps and swelling at the injection site and occassional pain during injection. The last se | To those who are just getting diagnosis, having a diagnosis alone can be a huge weight off your shoulders if you let it, for the first time in 7 years I feel good because I know what is wrong with me and I know that I am not crazy. I've leard to embrace my illness and not let it embrace me. | F | 23 | 1 years 1X day | 6/13/2010 | 4 | ms | burning itching redness sore | I have been taking Copaxone for only 12 days, the pain is pretty bad, it actually hurts tp put my pants on because of my thigh, hip, and stomach injection spots. They are all sore even a week after injection. My arm was so bad the other day I couldn't sleep on my side. But despite all of this, I am feeling better (obviously only mentally since it's only been 12 days) but I have an answer for whats wrong with me and this will help me. I am too young to let a disease slow me down, I havent even had a chance to have kids so Copaxone is very imporatant to me. | F | 23 | 12 days 20 1X day | 11/29/2010 | 3 | RRMS | I have now used all 7 locations and, although certain locations hurt more than others, they all have hurt so bad I can barely move for about 30 minutes. I use the autoinjector which is great cause I can't even feel the needle (after using Avonex it seems amazing) but after about 10 seconds the pain starts and begins to spread. The legs are the worst for me and hurt for days. I don't have the itching or really all that bad of welts but the pain is just so unbarable. | F | 23 | 8 days 20 MG 1X day | 4/21/2010 | 5 | M.S. | Stinging after injection was very bad at first..actually, horrible. But now, after nearly 2 months of being on it, the stinging only lasts a few mins and is much less intense | Seems like it is working well | M | 24 | 20mg 1X day | 4/29/2010 | 4 | Mostly slight burning. Had on very bad side effect. First the shallow breathing started, then weird numbness in head, then numbness in left arm, then chest pain, and severe anxiety. My mom called ambulance because I thought I was having a heart attack. It was just that rare side effect from the medication. It was the scariest day of my life. I do believe I can handle that reaction if it happened again but I know the medication will help me so much more with the MS. I have had MS since I was 17 and was on Rebif for 7 years but had to stop because of liver problems. | It was easy to adjust to the everyday schedule of giving the medication. | F | 25 | 46 days 1X day | 3/21/2010 | 4 | MS | I've been taking Copaxone now for over 3 years. I still get (sometimes fairly large), bumps that take a while to go away. I experience quite a bit of pain at the injection site from time to time too. Twice I've hit the muscle in my arm, its excruciating. I find it frustrating to find places to do the injection. I also have experienced chest pain and the feeling that my throat is closing a couple times after injection. | Despite the annoying side effects I have had no new symptoms in the past 3 years. My MRI's show no new lesions (I had 13 to when I was diagnosed). I had been taking Betaseron right after I was diagnosed, but I couldn't tolerate the side effects. I will continue on the Copaxone b/c it seems to be doing its job. I do have some anxiety about the long term effects as no one seems to know very much about this med. | F | 25 | 3 years | 3/22/2007 | 2 | MS | Very painful stinging. Red injection-site reaction. Itchy for days after injecting area. Heart palpitations. Flushy feeling. Easily out of breath. High blood pressure for a few hours following injection. Nausea. Sudden loss of appetite. Muscle twitches everywhere. Eye twitches. Limb spasms. Extreme fatigue. | I went nine years without consistently being on therapy and was relatively well. I decided to finally give MS therapy another chance. I confessed to the new neurologist that I have not been 100% honest with previous neurologists, but I was ready to give any MS therapy he prescribed a chance. After hours of lecturing and scolding, I was prescribed Copaxone. Now I feel worse than the previous nine years. I tried bringing up these side-effects to the neurologist, but he dismisses them as irrelevant to Copaxone. I am beginning to feel like this honest patient streak is backfiring. Just because I confessed to past transgressions with my medical care, I feel the neurologist cannot look beyond it and start a clean slate and deal with the present. I do not want to appear like I'm looking for any excuse to be off therapy, so I am forcing myself to stay on therapy until it kills me. Cheers! | F | 25 | 4 months 20 MG 1X day | 2/16/2011 | 2 | MS | Stinging at injection site. The worst pain EVER when injecting into my arms--I have low body fat and was hitting the muscle every time. My husband starting giving me the injection manually, and it's been alot better. I have swollen lymph nodes in the groin area--my neurologist wants them biopsied....this makes me nervous! Anyone else with this side effect?? | I've been on it for 3 months now, with no results yet. Still waiting and keeping my fingers crossed that it will kick in! | F | 25 | 3 months | 1/9/2009 | 2 | RRMS | I started off just fine for the first 3 weeks. I had no site reactions and everything seemed to be going fine. Then I started getting red, insanely itchy, swollen lumps where I had an injection. The lumps last for up to 2 weeks sometimes. I have tried ice, heat, different depth settings. I am rotating my injection sites all the time and using all 7 sites. My doctor put me on allergy medicine and I take B12 everyday to help with the itchiness but I am honestly not sure that it makes any difference. I have only been on Copaxone for 4 months now and have had 2 of the "heart attack" feeling reactions(swelling of the face, extreme heat, neasea, chest tightness, gasping for air for 10 minutes, diarrhea, horribly runny nose, chills and what feels like contractions for an hour afterward). I am terrified every time I go to take an injection that it is going to happen again. The first time it happened was the day before my wedding and people said that it was just because I was | F | 25 | 4 months | 8/10/2009 |
COPAXONE (GLATIRAMER ACETATE): This medication is used to treat a certain type of multiple sclerosis (relapsing multiple sclerosis-MS). It is a protein that is thought to work by preventing your immune system from attacking the nerves in your brain and spinal cord. This effect can decrease the number of periods of disease worsening (relapses) and prevent or delay disability. It is not a cure for MS. FDA Approval Date: 2014-01-28 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)