Copaxone after 8 months

[markablee]

Hi. I've been taking copaxone for 8 years,made a break for 8 months,and now I'm wondering if I can continue taking it.
Does anybody knows if it's safe?
Thank you,mar

[NHE]

Hi. I've been taking copaxone for 8 years,made a break for 8 months,and now I'm wondering if I can continue taking it.
Does anybody knows if it's safe?
Thank you,mar

I've never heard of any problems about stopping and restarting copaxone. However, when people do this with the interferons, I know that the side effects can be worse for a while. Just curious, why did you stop for 8 months?

[markablee]

Thanks.
I had a problem with finding avaliable space on my skin,it become hard and painful,so I wanted to give it some rest. Then I started with natural approach,it was good for a while,but I've developed burning knee and ankle pain together with strong fatigue,so I want to start again and hoping I didn't make irreversible mess.

[ElliotB]

To be safe, you may want to contact Shared Solutions regarding this.

[NHE]

I had a problem with finding avaliable space on my skin,it become hard and painful,so I wanted to give it some rest. Then I started with natural approach,it was good for a while,but I've developed burning knee and ankle pain together with strong fatigue,so I want to start again and hoping I didn't make irreversible mess.

If you're still RRMS, then you might wish to talk to your neurologist about finding an alternative medication. Copaxone has been reported to be clastogenic in a cell mutagenesis assay. This means that it was found to cause breaks in DNA. I suspect that this triggers apoptosis and causes many of the skin problems especially lipoatrophy.