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Mercfh, Focal tremor in my right hand was my first symptom of MS. I began to have twitching in the index finger of my rt. index finger about 6 years ago. The combination of the tremor and twitching of my finger has made it very hard to manage mouse controlled applications on my computer at work. It ...

I saw my new neuro on 11/21. She said to stop taking Copaxone. The good news is no more shots. The bad news is that she says I am now SPMS and that the Copaxone will no longer be affective. I guess my insurance will be happy to save $3000/month. And I know I will be happy to not have a $300/month co...

Froggie
What did they put you on to replace the Copax?
Did it work any better?

I ran across this article by Dr. Eber, I found it at least thought provoking. Since I have spent a ton of money on Copaxone.
http://www.bmj.com/content/340/bmj.c2693.full

I had problems with the autoject 5 years ago, slow injection, broken lip on the syringe. They sent me a new autoject and it has worked flawlessly since then. It is a good thing for me because I have really bad focal tremor. So there is know is no way I could do the manual injection. I have thought t...

I ask the Copaxone nurse about that. She said they do not know what causes it. So they have no recommendations to avoid PIR.

Hello, I accidentally discovered this site while trying to track down info on the reaction I had to my Copaxone shot. I was aware of the PIR because of Copaxone Literature that has been delivered with my syringes each month. What I was not aware of was the intensity of these reactions. I have been o...