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Arcee, good for you and thanks for the update. Sometimes (should be everytime) we need to take control of our own health, no doctor in the world knows you better than you know yourself. After spending nearly a year in FTY720 study and finally opting out due to it not having any impact on my MS, I am...

ursula - if you are talking about a link to the copaxone stdy, it's in my first post here. arcee - if would be good to hear what you doc has to say about it. if it really works as well every other day, then why would anyone want to go through the torture daily. it'a an automatic 50% improvemt in the...

I know the original study was small, but the results seem to warrent a larger study. My guess is that cutting your intake by 50% = 50% in profit loss for the maker, so I don't expect them to initiate any studies. They do have a pitch on their site to keep you injecting daily, but nowhere do they say...

I have read that, according to some small studies (http://www.thisisms.com/downloads/Cop_E ... er_Day.pdf), use of Copaxone every other day had the same outcome (maybe even slightly better) as daily use. So, has or is anyone injecting Copaxone on alternating days?

I wish I could have something positive to say about this drug, but my personal experience has not been positive. I had been in the study for nearly a year before deciding to get out. I don't know the dosage I was on but am positive i was on the actual drug. During the study I continued to experience...