Avi Dor, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Policy, GW School of Public Health and Health Services, was a co-author of a study, in collaboration with Teva Pharmaceuticals, that found that higher patient adherence to disease modifying therapies, like glatiramer acetate (GA), an immunomodulator drug currently used to treat multiple sclerosis, reduced inpatient costs, outpatient costs, and other medical expenses in a national sample of multiple sclerosis patients.

This research was published in ...

I was diagnosed with MS in February of this year. Since then I have started copaxone in early March. By June put almost 5-6 pounds. and now I am up a good 10-15. I have tried weight watchers and I am now on south beach but i just keep putting it on. I know a lot of this is likely comfort eating, but I shouldn't still be gaining while on such a severe diet like ...

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My name is Peter, I am 29 years old. I have been diagnosed with MS less than 2 months ago. My first and only relapse so far has been a case of optic nuritis. I have been taking Copax. for about 3 weeks.

no major problems with it but last night I missed an injection because I fell asleep after work. Totally a bad move on my part. I have about 2 hours before ...

Has anyone heard about this:
Synthon’s Glatiramer Acetate (GTR) in RRMS?
What is the difference comparing it to well known glatiramer acetate?

Glatiramer acetate (GA) reduces fatigue in multiple sclerosis patients more than interferon beta-1b (IFN-1b) after 1 year of treatment, according to a new study.

IFN-1b had no impact on two clinical measures of fatigue, while GA (Copaxone) reduced the score on the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) by 20%, and the score on the Fatigue Descriptive Scale (FDS) by 34%, according to a study presented here at the European Committee for Treatment and Research in ...

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. today announced preclinical data demonstrating reparative and neuroprotective effects of treatment with Copaxone(R) (glatiramer acetate injection) in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) models. In the study, researchers compared mice treated with Copaxone(R) versus non-treated mice in relapsing-remitting and chronic multiple sclerosis (MS) disease models. Researchers observed both remyelination indicative of repair and a drastic reduction of demyelination and axonal loss in mice treated with Copaxone(R).... Read More - ...

Significant reduced loss of brain volume in MS patients treated with Copaxone



Results from a five-year study of treatment-naïve patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) demonstrated that patients treated with Copaxone (glatiramer acetate injection) showed significant reduced loss of brain volume compared to patients treated with other disease modifying therapies (DMTs).

Though all DMT treatment arms resulted in a reduction in brain volume loss compared to the control group of non-treated patients, Copaxone had ...

Hello,

I just found this group and wanted to get advice and wisdom from others with MS and taking Copaxone.

First off I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2004 and put on Copaxone. I took it pretty faithfully for almost 2 years and then came upon some information about it causing an increased risk of Cancer.
Here now it's 2011 and I feel my MS is getting worse, I've now started to experience bladder ...

I am a single mom with three children and am unable to work due my MS. I do receive support from my ex. My health insurance premiums, under the new health care reform, are $700 per month. Of course they will be more when it's time for me to renew next year. The plan I have currently costs $798 for someone to enroll in today! My out of pocket expense for Copaxone is $1759 (insurance ...

I spent the last month learning and getting comfortable doing the injections with copaxone. This week I switched from auto injector to the manual. All is cool until I get to today with is hip day. When I injected, the needle bent, and as I couldnt see it, the injection got juust under the skin, and I tore the skin pulling the needle out. How do i make this work without the auto injector. My ...