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Well for me things took a turn for the better..... i started copaxone feb 10.. and after a while started losing weight, thinking it was the drug, to later shed 45lbs through out the summer, and to find out it is something different.... however, how much over weight are you? maybe you dont have enoug...

hi there, i was dx in 2005 with ms... was on rebif, and would take injections reg for a while, then stop, then i changed to copaxone.. and i just cant seem to take the injection daily.... i will for 3 weeks, then i dont for a bit.... i totally forget.... am i alone with this? or is ther someone else...

i really have no idea, as i dont ahve to pay for my meds.... not sure who is paying, but it is not us...

i have been on copaxone, a little less than a year.. and i have periods from heck , so the copaxone has not made them worse from before .

i am not taking any vitamins, and now it is 35 lbs..... i have talked to my support nurse, and seh said to see my fam doc, as it is recorded that some have had decrease of appt, but not to the extreme i have. so she said it is possibly overactive thyroid...... so my doc is on vaca for three weeks, s...

i dont have answers. but maybe suggestions, hehe maybe your wife pushes the auto injector down harder, and your daughter doesnt. and it depeneds there the needle is being injected, does your daughter lets say always do your arm? and your wife your back side? could simply be the area.... the anxiety,...

i am so sorry that you are having to deal with all this..... in saying that i have a friend who does support groups on grief... and she did a series for a tv show.. anyway i had the chance to watch this a couple weeks ago... amazing what grief can do to someone.. you are grieving..you are stressed.....

any one else lost their appetite since on copaxone?

i have been on it since jan or feb, and have lost 25lbs or so.......

i have only had one of those, and scary it was.......but i knew it could happen...... if it happened again, i am not sure i would want to continue on the meds....

as they cannot explain to me what it is, and who knows if it does anything the heart or not.

i am a heavier lady, and have run out of spots...
even though i have a fair amount of fat on my body, it is still painful as heck on upper arms, and legs... so i dont do those, I use mainly belly....

i have never had it done.......
if you saw great results i would continue... but if you havent, may not be a reason to continue, unless it is helping with othr things.

i am on copaxone....... and cannot do the leg.... it hurts too bad... i have my auto set on 8 or 10..... i am a larger woman, however my legs seem to have more muscle than fat....... and i have lots of veins, so hard for me to find spots on my legs.... i was told that the more shallow the needle the...

just wondering if you are the only one in your family with MS......

for me, there is my younger sister, and myself, and two cousins (that are sibblings)

i have been diagnosed since 2005.... and yes i have cold hands and feet all the time...
to the extreme that i sit in the hot water daily simply to warm them up... i have seen myself have my daily am shower.. then two more times during the day i will sit in the warm water to warm them up.....

curious what side effects you were told? i was on rebif for a couple years, now that is side effects.. i have been on copaxone for a couple months, with no side effects .... other than burning sensation right after my injection.... i dont find that my daily injections remind me that i have MS.... fo...