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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:09 pm Post subject: Switching from Copaxone to Avonex
I was on Copaxone but suffered extreme skin reactions and my ms nurse and consultant said I had to stop taking them and try a different dmd!!
After much research - a lot of which I got from this sight - I have made the decision to try Avonex. One of my reasons is that it doesn't cause skin site reactions! BUT and it is a very big but I have read about the chills and shakes and flu like symptoms on Avonex and everywhere I have read they have said if you take ibuprofen then you can cope with it. I am allergic to ibuprofen and asprin!!! Is taking paracetamol going to be enough to ease the symptoms.
Please can anyone tell me if paracetamol is going to be sufficient?
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:19 am Post subject: Re: Switching from Copaxone to Avonex
Hi MoJo,
Some people have had good luck with Alieve (Naproxen). Is that something you can take? In addition, there have been a couple of posts in that past where people have reported that an allergy medication, such as an antihistamine, was helpful in dealing with the side effects.
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