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Eczema with Capaxone, trying to decide on another

Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:45 am
by shawniemc
Reading the info on Rebif and Betaseron, I was actually disappointed to see that these were also subcutaneous as I hated the big lumps. It also seems like there's a high likelihood of the same side effect of eczema. My doctor did not suggest Avonex, but thinking I might look into this. Any experiences, opinions?

-thanks

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:36 am
by sou
All of them are equally worthless. I would go for the less invasive.

Re: Eczema with Capaxone, trying to decide on another

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:57 pm
by NHE
shawniemc wrote:Reading the info on Rebif and Betaseron, I was actually disappointed to see that these were also subcutaneous as I hated the big lumps. It also seems like there's a high likelihood of the same side effect of eczema. My doctor did not suggest Avonex, but thinking I might look into this. Any experiences, opinions?
I did Avonex for ten years (no longer on it). The worst site reaction that I got was a small nickel to quarter sized bruise. This would only happen rarely and was probably due to nicking a small blood vessel. The IM injections may seem intimidating at first, but there are usually no site reactions (the next day I might have a little pin point red mark, but by the second day there was nothing).

NHE