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Yes Taurus the first thing I checked was my D levels prior to commencing copaxone and they were good. i take copaxone, d3 and fish oil every other day now. It is a good idea for people to check though. My Dr suggested if I wanted to reverse it or prove it was the copaxone that I should take myself o...

My Dr checked me over , confirmed my bone creaking but didn't use the term crepitus - then pulled up the prescribing info that NHE has put up and said that it was a side effect :? he obviously feels my muscular-skeletal issues fall within the symptoms. I have no pain , I am just concerned about long...

Hi Taurus, I am 18mths down the track of using copaxone. At the 10mth mark ALL my joints suddenly appeared to dry out- as if the synovial fluid dried up! I actually wake myself up at night when I move and all the joints individually creak loudly. It was confirmed as a side effect and I am so concern...

An Outstanding interview- Hope someone on TV will see value in the story and run with it.

Hi Sisterluke, One of my dear MS friends who is wheelchair bound developed a urinary tract infection and whilst in hospital was put on a medication and developed a psychosis- she thought her visiting husband wasn't her husband and that he was there to kill her. When the meds changed her behaviour no...

I took Copaxone everyday for a year until April 2010. Then i had my veins scanned and found a left jugular stenosis which was consequently treated. It has made me Q everything I had thought, everything I had been told and the knowledge base on which current drugs have been developed. This has made t...

I was also told to leave the bubble there for the same reasons as patienttx wrote.
Marsha

Deb, I am on my 11th month of using Copaxone and have not had any relapse. BUT My first month on copaxone was murder!! High fever with intermittent chills , extreme fatigue (unlike I had experienced previously), sick to my stomach, headaches and pain throughout my body. I was going to give up but as...