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Joined: Mar 07, 2007 Posts: 100 Location: Toronto, Canada
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject: Fever
Three times in the past year, after taking Rebif I developed a nasty fever that lasted all night and into the morning. On Wednesday night this happened and I was up to 101C until nearly 9:30 the next morning.
The first time it happened I was new to taking it, second time I had had the flu shot, and last time, er well for the first time I had sex immediately after taking the shot.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: Fever
Punchy wrote:
Three times in the past year, after taking Rebif I developed a nasty fever that lasted all night and into the morning. On Wednesday night this happened and I was up to 101C until nearly 9:30 the next morning.
Have you tried taking any ibuprofen to help counter the side effects? I used to get pretty bad fevers when I first started taking Avonex but taking ibuprofen at the time of my shot and then about 4 hours later seemed to help a bit. I still take ibuprofen but now just take one dose about 3-4 hours after my shot though sometimes a second dose the next day is helpful. I also found that taking my shot early in the day, e.g., before noon, is helpful as I seem to do better with the Ifn-B during the day than while I'm sleeping.
Joined: Sep 30, 2007 Posts: 100 Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:16 pm Post subject:
Punchy,
no I have never had sex right after the shot - that's really kinky. But seriously, try an analgesic. ibuprofen, motrin, whatever, that really helped me I was starting out on rebif. _________________ RRMS since 01/07.
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: Re: Fever
Have you tried taking your shot in the day rather than in the evening? I found that my body doesn't seem to thermoregulate well when I try to sleep on Ifn-B and I get less side effects if I have my shot during the day.
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