# Anyone else experience this after injecting Copaxone?

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**Category:** Everyday living\
**Created:** [30 April 2013 21:15 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/anyone-else-experience-this-after-injecting-copaxone/3684 "2013-04-30T21:15:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![fi2006](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/977dab/32.png) [@fi2006](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/fi2006)\
**Post date:** [30 April 2013 21:15 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/anyone-else-experience-this-after-injecting-copaxone/3684/1 "2013-04-30T21:15:09Z")

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Doesn’t happen everytime but i sometimes feel a sudden rush of blood to the head, tightness of the chest, difficuties to breath and my face and neck area turn bright red. Only lasts for a minute or so, but i end up with a stinking headache after. Neuro says it’s an uncommon side effect of the Copaxone. First time it happened i thought i was having a heat attack. Very scary. It’s happened tonight and i just wondered if it happens to anybody else?

Fi

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**Author:** ![mickthetrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@mickthetrick](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/mickthetrick)\
**Post date:** [30 April 2013 22:30 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/anyone-else-experience-this-after-injecting-copaxone/3684/2 "2013-04-30T22:30:14Z")

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yes had it happen twice last year. first time it happend i thought i was having a heart attack. second time i realised it was to do with the copaxone. not very nice when it happens but just stay calm and its soon over

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**Author:** ![fi2006](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/977dab/32.png) [@fi2006](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/fi2006)\
**Post date:** [1 May 2013 08:28 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/anyone-else-experience-this-after-injecting-copaxone/3684/3 "2013-05-01T08:28:35Z")

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[quote=“Spud”] Aaaaagghhhh…my first Copaxone injection today. I really don’t fancy it! Pat [/quote] Don’t worry Pat. It’s not a common side effect. Not that you’ll need it but good luck today.

Fi

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**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\
**Post date:** [1 May 2013 21:46 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/anyone-else-experience-this-after-injecting-copaxone/3684/4 "2013-05-01T21:46:22Z")

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Hi Fi,

I took Copaxone for about 6 years and had this side effect half a dozen or so times in that time. Luckily my MS nurse warned me about the side effect when she came to hand over the drugs to me initially, so I didn’t panic unduly when it happened the first time, although, like you I thought I was having a heart attack! Quite unpleasant, but tried to relax as much as poss and it always went off after 10-15 mins. I was told if the chest tightness/pain and breathlessness hadn’t gone after half an hour, to call for an ambulance to check it WASN’T a heart attack! Thankfully that never arose.

Hopefully you won’t get it too often either.

Alison x