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Did anyone else suffer from headaches when they swapped to the pre-filled syringes ? :( I am waking up every morning with a de-hydration sort of headache and if I have even half a glass of wine I get a major hangover the next day. :oops: I am not very happy about this !!!

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I have just taken a 10-day break from my copaxone. Before I start again, I am wondering if there are any cautions I should be aware of. It looks like the research shows you can start again with no problems, but I do not know for sure and don't want to experience the hyper feeling if that is more likely. Any info please?

Thanks, Sheila

We're trying to pull together some information here on a topic people don't hear much about: Lipoatrophy, or the loss of subcutaneous fat, due to the use of Copaxone. This looks like dents, or hollowed out areas, around the injection sites.

Does anyone on our site suffer from this? What has been your experience? Have you found anything that reduces its occurrence or improves the situation?

I'm not ready to bring out the marching bands yet but I got a bit of good news yesterday when my neuro's office called to tell me the results of the mri I had last week. There has been no change since my last mri 30 months ago or any change from the one I had 4 years ago for that matter.

Does this mean that the Copaxone I've been on for 42 months (including ...

I have a question for anyone that would like to respond. I have had MS for the past 5 years 3 of which I have been taking Copaxone. I was okay for the first six months and then I started having the severe reaction with chest tightness and shortness of breath. This reaction has happened to me at least once every 2-3 months while I have been on this drug. Now my chest aches on ...

hello everybody,

I'm taking Cop since April last year, and here in Germany, it is still to be mixed by the user. Only now they start to give us the premixed Cop. Maybe you can tell me your experience with that - to my knowledge, it is available in the U.S. for a long time now. Was it any difference for you concerning side effects, reactions on injection side etc.?

I know that the containings ...

Users of Copaxone aren't likely to be very happy about this article done by Italian researchers. These docs have been involved in MS research for a long time and have a good reputation in this area.

Harry

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Glatiramer Acetate Provides No Significant Effect in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis

Research News from The Cochrane Library

MILAN, Italy, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the currently most widely
prescribed treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), glatiramer ...

I'm on Copaxone and am interested in trying LDN. Is anyone on both? Is it OK to take both?
Thanks!

Another study on Copaxone's possible mode of action-- again, we didn't think this was important (or clear enough) to post on the front page, but it's very useful for those investigating Copaxone.

Multiple sclerosis: glatiramer acetate inhibits monocyte reactivity in vitro and in vivo.

Weber MS, Starck M, Wagenpfeil S, Meinl E, Hohlfeld R, Farina C.

Institute for Clinical Neuroimmunology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.

It is widely assumed that glatiramer acetate (GA), ...

Didn't think this was big enough to post on the front page, but it's still quite interesting with respect to possible reasons for a positive response to Copaxone.


Inflammatory potential and migratory capacities across human brain endothelial cells of distinct glatiramer acetate-reactive T cells generated in treated multiple sclerosis patients.

Kim HJ, Biernacki K, Prat A, Antel JP, Bar-Or A.

Department of Neurology, Neuroimmunology Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4. ...