Hello everyone i am new to these MS forums. I wanted to share my experience with copaxone and see if anyone else has had any similar expierences. I never had any problems with this medicine until recently and now I'm not quite sure what i should do. the first problem that i encountered was one night after taking my medicine i began to feel this very strange feeling coming from my feet all the way ...

I just started Copaxone 10 days ago. The shots are just ok. But, when i did my thighs, 2-3 days later, i get a big red mark, it is warm and a bit swollen. I want to rotate the shots around but I am scared to do it in the thigh again. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Dave (new to MS and Copaxone)

I have been on Copaxone for 2 and 1/2 months. Already I have felt some positive effect, and feel it is going to be the med for me. But I'm having a tough time waiting for the 6 to 9 months you'e supposed to wait for it to really take effect. I've been getting depressed thinking about the things I used to be able to do! It's been really tough

I have been taking Copaxone injections since my diagnosis, just a little under 2 years ago. The first year seemed to go fine. About a year ago, I started noticing consistent hair loss and attributed it to 'age' (46). Then about 6 months back, I realized that my fatigue and leg heaviness was getting worse. My Neuro's response was to put me on a round of Achtar. The Achtar didn't really have much of an ...

Preliminary data suggest spasticity may be reduced in RRMS patients who transitioned to Copaxone



Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced interim data from a prospective, open label survey study evaluating spasticity in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) who transitioned to Copaxone® (glatiramer acetate injection) from interferon-beta treatment. These data were presented today at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Interim results for the first 52 ...

Radiologic findings from a closely watched trial of glatiramer acetate (Copaxone) and interferon-beta-1a (Avonex) combination therapy in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis were mixed, a researcher said here.

Compared with the individual drugs given alone for 3 years, the combination was superior in terms of new lesion activity visible on MRI scans and in the accumulation of total lesion volumes, said Jerry Wolinsky, MD, of the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.

But ...

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (TEVA) sued Synthon BV for infringing seven patents in planning to sell a generic version of the multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone before Teva’s patents expire.

Teva, based in Petach Tikva, Israel, said it licensed the patents from Yeda Research & Development Co., according to the lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court in New York.

Copaxone, used to reduce the frequency of relapses in multiple sclerosis patients, generated sales (TEVA) of ...

Here is the link to a stern, long warning letter from the FDA to Teva, the makers of Copaxone. Draw your own conclusions.

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/Guid ... 296204.pdf

been using Copaxone 9 months. getting an MRI done next week. Has there been significant marked differences in an MRI after 9 months. I had 20+lesions on my frontal lobe the 1st MRI with a markable amount on my spine. :?

Hi, I am new to this site so please bear with me. I was reading about Copaxone and weight. I also saw posts elsewhere on avonex and weight gain. I was diagnosised with MS in 2003. Started on Avonex, flu like symptoms just kept getting worse, so my Doctor changed my drug to beta-serone. Side effect here was terrible insomnia. So I was switched to copaxone. Side effects are fatigue depression, insomnia, and injection site ...