How do you deal with injection fatigue? I have been on Copaxone since 2002. I inject three times a week. Copaxone seems to be working very well for me so I am reluctant to switch to a new medication. But it is getting harder and harder to inject. Has anyone switched from Copaxone to an oral medication with little or no trouble?
Thanks!
Have you thought about asking your doctor to let you try an infusion medication like Ocrevus? Because you might like it because I always do and I haven’t tried anything else plus all my symptoms pretty much disappeared once I started taking it – my doctor once told me Aubagio is good with less side effects?
Recently moved, so I have to get established with a new neurologist. I have an appointment in February. Will bring it up then. I shouldn’t complain; there are worse things than thrice-weekly injections.
Totally! Ocrevus May be twice a year but it does feel pretty awful when they infuse it in
I hope you talk with your neurologist about this. Mine asks me at every visit if I’m still all right with the injections and would prescribe something else if I wanted to change. I’d love to ditch the routine, but am sticking (pun intended) with Copaxone for now.
I hope you find something you’re more comfortable with. Keep us posted.
I’ve heard it’s a great medicine 😀
It seems to be working for me. That’s why I am hesitant about changing.
Thank you. I will talk to my doctor at my February (sigh) appointment.
It’s been two years and I’m fatigued out. What did you end up staying with?
Based on several factors, and after consulting with my doctor, I stopped taking Copaxone in October. There have been no changes to my MRIs over the last few years. Also, I am in my late 60s, when the immune system apparently slows down somewhat. So we’re experimenting. Assuming that I don’t have any problems in the interim, I will go back for an MRI in a year.
Good luck to you. The injections are hard. I did it for 16 years. But I was reluctant to switch to an oral medication just to avoid “shooting up,” as we called it. Copaxone seemed to work for me. If you are doing okay, and don’t have any factors indicating that you can stop DMT altogether, try to stick with it. (No pun intended.)
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