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 | 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 | 41 | 10 years | 4/19/2007 | 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 | 5 | MS | Redness and swelling at injection site. | This medicine is making me feel so much better then the Betaseron I was taking. I am even walking better. | F | 34 | 14 days | 1/21/2007 | 5 | MS | I have a "stinging" sensation 30 seconds after injection. I've only been on it for a week so time will tell if any other side effects show up. | I've started dreaming a lot. I usually don't dream or at least I don't remember them. In the last 6 days I've dreamed and remembered them 3 times. Really weird. Anyone else experience this?? | F | 41 | 7 days | 1/4/2007 | 5 | RRMS | I had a slightly stinging sensation in the injection site but that disappears quickly. Other than that, I don't have any side effects | I take my injection at night and moisturize my skin with baby lotion in the morning. I haven't had any skin problems and it's been close to a year. | F | 43 | 330 days | 10/26/2006 | 5 | MS | Mostly I have only had lumps or swellin/itching/stinging at the injection site but recently I began applying heat (a suggestion from Shared Solutions)when I do my injections and it has helped reduce the swelling/itching/stinging problems significantly. | For the most part my symptoms have been non-existant until recently and i think that is a good portion of my fault because I had gotten realllly relaxed about doing my injections and began missing injections (very often). Until recently, June, I had not had any symptoms since November 2001. Yes, almost 5 years. Silly me!! | F | 31 | 4 years | 8/29/2006 | 5 | m | non | non | F | 38 | 1 days | 5/27/2006 | 5 | Multiple Sclerosis | Multiple Sclerosis A bit of itching/stinging at injection site which only lasted the first month or so. A little bit of color change at the injection site. Teh color change comes back to moral after a year or so. But when injected cold no side effects. I have been on the drug for 4 years now. Thank god, I am doing well. | So far so good. | F | 28 | 4 years | 3/1/2006 | 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 | 5 | Multiple Sclerosis | A bit of itching/stinging at injection site which only lasted the first month or so. No other side effects noticed. | In the two years I've been taking Copaxone I've noticed that my fatigue level has dropped, and my heat intolerance (a problem for many people with MS) has completely dissapeared. | F | 34 | 2.5 years | 11/3/2003 | 4 | RRMS | I started these the middle of June. After about a week or 2 I started losing feeling in left hand and left jaw, lasted for about a month or more but I'm in remission again, a nurse thinks could be cause of such a shock to my system at the 40 instead of 20 mg (I'm sensitive). I get softball size red welts & knots under the skin (knots are golf ball size) for my arm injection zones that itch like crazy and get like a fever in them, like really warm. I'm okay though. Zero weight gain for me. I've been losing in fact but its cause I'm trying to. | F | 36 | 3 months 40 mg 3X W | 9/27/2020 | 4 | Relapsing Remiting Multiple Scleros | Slight sight injection inflammation that dispersed with in an hour. Med going in body felt like a monkey bite occasionally but it is a substance and once disbursed I was fine. Never any other real side effects, I did cry every time I self injection just due to the reality of having the MS dx. | I am incredibly grateful for this medicine. I have gone from being home bound and unable to think well or fill out paperwork to regaining my former quality of life. It takes about 6 months to really register in your system. I did have 1 major relapse where I had to be inpatient and on Sol U Medrol for 5 days. Hated that! Copaxone halted my progression. I was bordering on Secondary Progressive, and have now been able to commit myself to future plans where previously I was unable. I also use Baclofen in conjunction for the spasticity and Tramadol twice daily for pain, and Xanax for the anxiety that comes with MS. Over all Copaxone 40mg 3x week is a life safer for me and my family. | F | 50 | 24 months 40 3X W | 10/5/2016 | 4 | RRMS | Nothing for the first two months except twice after injecting in my right arm, I had extreme pain in that arm for about 4 hours. I stopped injecting in that location and everything was great for 3 months (I did not use the auto-injector). after starting my 4th month ( started using the auto injector because it is easier) and I started getting red welts at the injection sites which would itch two days later (strange). Somedays I get EXTREME fatigue, but I'm not sure it this is Copaxone related. | I will be switching to the 3x a week 40 MG next week. Although I have only been on the medication for a short time, I do think that it helps, I feel better overall. | M | 47 | 4 months 20 MG 1X day | 5/14/2014 | 4 | RRMS | A quick question for all the females out there. Have you at all noticed any change in your menstrual cycle since starting Copaxone. Would really like to know as I have been dealing with this for a while now. | F | 33 | 2.5 years 20 MG 1X day | 8/7/2013 | 4 | RR MS | Lipoatrophy on upper arms, some anxiety, the usual burning and itching, but they left after I'd been on drug a month. | I took a break off Copaxone and went to Tysabri from Feb, 2012 to Feb. 2013 as my neuro wanted me to. I did NOT. I was scared of Tysabri. After finding that it caused me severe respiratory distress and bladder infections, I went back on Copaxone last week. For the first time in 7 years I had a site reaction: a huge red welt of hives, hot as a furnace. I put cold on it and it left after 25 minutes. This drug has been very good for me, and oddly, when I started it I ceased having migraine headaches. I do occasionally have weak legs after injecting, and reactions can happen no matter how many years you've been on the drug. As I already had depression, Avonex or Betaseron weren't options. The only real concern I have is of lipoatrophy, as I'm running out of places to inject. I've hit a blood vessel occasionally, never pleasant, but nothing permanent. Basically I'm grateful indeed for this drug. And they're coming out with a once-a-month version of it, I heard this week. Should be interesting. | F | 60 | 7 years 1X day | 5/11/2013 | 4 | RRMS | Each day is different. I've had redness, hard lump just under the skin, pain, burning, fatigue, dry eyes, flushing, couple of bruises, and weight fluctuation. | I inject at night before bed, apply heat to intended injection site prior to injection, and have med at room temp by the time I inject the med. I never us my arms (my choice). Most severe pain was the first one - med was cold, I was cold, and put it in my inner thigh. I have to watch what I eat d/t weight shifts and gain. Everyday each injection hurts, but only for around 10 min. Difficult to know that medication is not working fully until after being on the med for 6 months, but every day without a flare up is worth it. | F | 29 | 2 months 20 MG 1X day | 12/6/2012 | 4 | RRMS | Pain at injection site. Now after 10 years, my thighs are rock hard at the injection site and I have tissue loss at my hips. I showed my doctor that I have loss of tissue down to the bone on one buttock, said he's never seen anything like it. Copaxone works but I am running out of places to inject. It is also taking a toll on my teeth. | F | 52 | 10 years 20 MG | 11/11/2012 | 4 | diagnosed in July,2012 with MS | The only side effects so far are a little welp after injection that has left before the morning. I do have burning at time of injection and do use heat before and cold after per the nurse. I have some pain in the sites still but only if touched to hard. I feel better, but I am sure that is only because I now know what I have and that Copazone will make it better. (Hopefully) | I feel like I have made the right choice taking Copaxone because of the least amount of side effects. I can deal with the medicine buring at time of injection and if I have a post injection side effect 20 mins. will end alot faster then being sick for days after as some of the other meds. can cause. I will check back in a few months though and let you know if I feel the same way. | F | 37 | 7 days 30mg 1X day | 8/1/2012 | 4 | I have been on it for 13 years!!! I have terrible "dips" destroyed fatty tissue in all sites. They have deformed my body. I am 47 and very upset about this. Athough I feel better than I have felt since dx in 1997! | F | 47 | 13 days 1 shot 1X day | 4/30/2012 | 4 | Multiple Sclerosis | I've had 6 incidents of hot flushing, 1 PHENOMENAL bruise, 1 bout of nausea and a very occasional bitter taste in my mouth. | F | 28 | 8 months 1 x day | 4/27/2012 |