COPAXONE Reviews (GLATIRAMER ACETATE)Average Rating: 3.5 (300 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare COPAXONE with similar:
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Results are sorted by length of time drug was taken from shortest to longest duration (reviews with no time reported listed first). Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) |
RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR COPAXONE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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 | ms | 58 | 20MG 1X day | 11/24/2010 Patient History | 2 | RRMS | Lumps, brusing (tolerable) rapid heartbeat, fatigue, dizziness, mental fog, short term memory loss. Recently, loss of appetite and diarrhea. | My first symptoms occured at age 20 and I was diagnosed with RRMS at age 25, in 1979. I would have a relapse every 5-6 years (really) and since there were no disease modifying drugs at that time all I took was prednisone during a relapse. I comtinued my lifestyle uninterrupted, continuing to water and snow ski until age 36 when my left leg was becoming too weak to perform as needed. I tried Avonex in 1993 and after 6 shots was afraid to take anymore. I would be sick with flu symptoms and couldn't walk for a day and a half after a shot. So I began Copaxone. At first I seemed to tolerate it well although I began having occasional rapid heartbeats. Over the years I started having the other symptoms listed to the right but I thought it was just MS progression and I didn't suspect the Copaxone. My MS has progressed rapidly during the last 5 years and I cannot walk more than 1/8 mile on good days. I rely on either a manual wheelchair or my motorized chair for any distance. Yesterday I came to this website and read every review. Right now I am seriously considering stopping Copaxone and trying LDN which I spent 4 hours reading about online yesterday. For me, Tysabri is out of the question. | F | 56 | 20 1X day | 3/4/2010 Patient History | 2 | injection site lumps, horrible fatigue | didn't attribute the fatigue to copaxone until i checked this site. now it all makes sense. Tried rebif for one year, it was killing my liver. not interested in anything else, considering disability and retirement. I work on open steel installing elevators and I feel too unstable anymore. Very frustrated. | M | 51 | 1X day | 9/28/2010 | 1 | MS of others | All drugs are poisoness eventually. On the bright side all diseases are vitamin deficiencies and can be cured with proper dosing [Your doctors will never tell you! The drug companies own them.] | MS is likely another autoimmune disease like RA for which I am effectively cured with vitamins and proper nutrition partially covered at Dr (PhD) Saul's site doctoryourself.com. There are also some new products out with concentrated B1 and 12 in addition to the critical B3 (the niacin form has 500 mg available off the shelf)but I am running out of space, you can e-mail me any questions. Good luck! | M | 56 | 1X day | 3/16/2012 | 1 | to avoid relapse | Severe burning welts tiredness etc. I hate it. I have tried betason and avonex | F | 47 | daily 1X day | 6/25/2012 | 1 | Multiple Sclerosis | F | 61 | 40mg 1X day | 6/9/2015 Patient History | 3 | MS | welts at injections site, bruising and tenderness, dizziness | Started taking after bad experience with Avonex. Itching has subsided greatly, but the past week the welts started getting bigger and staying longer.Last sunday I had a severe reaction and had welts that spread from my armpit to my elbow with purple spots and blisters. I photographed it and sent it to my DR. He consulted a derm. dr. and decided i need to hold off on the meds for now. i am discouraged because i know i can't do the interferons. | F | 33 | 1 times | 12/2/2007 | 2 | ms | This is the second time I've taken it, the first time I didn't have any side effects at all. This time, however, I felt just like I did when I took Avonex, like I had the flu. My doctor instructed me to only do 1/2 doses for awhile, I'll see what happens with that. | When I contacted the company they said the side effects could not be coming from the drug, that I must have come down with a bug. That seemed too coincidental and my doctor said the it probably was the drug. After missing 2 days of work and a doctor visit because I thought I had the flu, i was dissappointed to hear that. I cannot feel llike this every day so I don't know if I'll continue. Does anyone else think this drug could be a scam? It's price is ridiculous, they don't know how it works and who knows if it's even doing anything? I would like to hear other's comments. | F | 46 | 2 times | 10/14/2007 | 5 | Multiple Sclerosis | None | F | 40 | 1 days | 1/12/2014 | 5 | m | non | non | F | 38 | 1 days | 5/27/2006 | 5 | Multiple Sclerosis | Have been on Copaxone for 18 years,(study participant), and have NEVER experienced the "post injection" reaction like you describe. Have been extremely happy with the lack of adverse reactions to this medication. | F | 63 | 1 days 20 MG | 3/31/2013 | 4 | MS | burning at the injection site, like a bee sting that radiated out slowly | I am more afraid of needles than anyone can imagine. I had myself set up that it was going to hurt. It didn't. Just like any other shot, the fear of it always seems to be worse than the shot itself. I used the auto-injector, asked the nurse which of the 7 place of injection choices hurt the worst and told her I wanted to get that one over with first. She said the arm would probably hurt more just because the skin is so thin. I did my left arm and as scared as I was, crying like a two year old, it didn't really hurt. It was over pretty quickly and I didn't have any immediate side effects. Today the spot is sore but not bruised. I can do this!!!! | F | 37 | 1 days | 9/27/2007 | 3 | I HAVE MS | NO SIDE EFFECTS AT ALL. I MEAN NOTHING. | FIRST SHOT IN THE RIGHT THY. I SUPPOSE IT IS WAY TO EARLY TO TELL IF IT IS DOING MUCH/ANYTHING. | M | 46 | 1 days 40 MG 3X W | 10/1/2010 | 2 | RRMS | Flu like symptoms, itching and redness at site injection. Increased nystagmus. | According to Copaxone side effects listed on the web, 19% of patients have flu like symptoms. I do not like feeling this way almost every day. This is similar to my experience with Avonex. I can live with the redness, itching, stinging, etc. I accidentally injected into my leg and arm muscle which was quite painful. My arm was badly bruised and my leg is till sore after a month. Very disappointed since I poorly tolerate the interferon. | F | 54 | 1 days | 2/5/2008 | 2 | MS | Still had symptoms the whole year i took it. I need to know if anyone has stopped taking the med.???? | F | 48 | 1 days | 3/26/2008 | 5 | i have ms | i recently started copaxone about2 months ago,previous i was on avonex which my bones ached everyday flu like symptoms for 2days or longeri actually lived on advil,but since i switched to copaxone im doing much better the fatigue,achy bones flu symptoms are much better. the only problem i have is that some on the injection sites leave a discoloration... i have stinging and red at site right after the injection and maybe the redness lasting into the next day but overall doing well on copaxone | F | 39 | 2 days | 1/26/2006 | 4 | I have M.S | Minor swelling at injection site and stinging for about 5 minutes | I was so afraid of the side affects that I cried before my first injection. I was fine and was pleasantly surprise that I had the strength to inject myself with the auto injet. No where near the trama I had thought Copaxone injections would be. | M | 42 | 2 days 1X day | 9/4/2010 | 3 | SPMS | None to date other than "bee sting" feeling. | I have been on Avonex, Rebif, Tysarbi & Novantrone since diag 4/2001 & I never had any side effects fr any of those drugs; I just don't seem to be getting better. Giving Copax a try..what to lose? Hopefully there will not be any more progression. | F | 56 | 2 days 1X day | 5/7/2010 | 3 | Low side effects | I had my second injection this morning at 6am and had SEVERE reactions. My fiance was with me so he was able to help me through them and get my parents for me, but after I had done the injection I started feeling the burning/pressure that I was used to with the previous injection I had done, but then after a few minutes, I started having spots in my vision and warned my fiance i was about to pass out, I sat down and fainted. When I came to, I had noticed that I lost bladder control while unconscious and I was extremely nauseous, i vomited several times, my skin was cold and clammy, but I was hot, and I had bowl movement urgency. I felt as though everything in my body was trying to escape. | I have only been on Copaxone for the past couple days, that's why i selected 3 as my rating. | F | 26 | 2 days 1X day | 11/24/2010 |
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)