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Running out of injection sites

Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:35 pm
by annad
Hi to all!
Has anyone had to stop using copaxone because they ran out of injection sites?
I am running out of 'fat' to inject into and I don't get the full amount injected into me. I've also stopped using my arms as a site as it's just too darn painful.
Not sure if it's doing anything for me anyway.
thanks!

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:32 pm
by Zelda
annad

My neurologist told me, that in 4 – 5 months, Copaxone is going to be available in pills. Until then … hang in there.

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:36 pm
by LR1234
Zelda, If that was true you could buy copaxone now. It is made up of 4 amino acids that are readily available in all health food stores! so I don't think they can make copaxone an oral pill. However there are oral pills of other drugs coming this May.

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:45 pm
by annad
Thanks!

Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:25 pm
by Zelda
LR1234

Maybe you know something that my neurologist doesn’t? In that case, we’ll just have to wait and see.

Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:57 am
by Wonderfulworld
Hi Annad
have you got a low BMI? I was very thin for a while when on the Best Bet Diet and I was working out a lot. I ran out of viable injection sites. I know it's a solution not many would be comfortable with but I put on half a stone and suddenly it became an awful lot easier to keep on injecting.

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:39 am
by globab
i am a heavier lady, and have run out of spots...
even though i have a fair amount of fat on my body, it is still painful as heck on upper arms, and legs... so i dont do those, I use mainly belly....

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 9:40 am
by tld723
Have you tried adjusting the depth of the needle? That helped me immensely!

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:26 am
by joeymia
so what happens if inject into muscle? besides pain does the medicine still work?