Hi everyone
I have just started on copaxone I live in scotland
On a previous thread I noticed somebody mentioned that copaxone might be going to 3 injections a week I just wondered if anybody else has heard about it as I would be interested as I used to be on rebif which suited me.
Annex
I have seen (somewhere) that Teva are “working” on a “new” version that will be injected every two days.
I did wonder if this will be the old Copaxone, re-badged. The Copaxone patent is about to run out, and there will be several firms looking at producing it as a generic. A new version could get a new patent - which would help keep the profits up.
FWIW, a Copaxone nurse told me a couple of years back that it was OK to miss one day. If the effect carries over into the second day, then why not inject every second day? A fresh Phase III trial would confirm that it is a “new” version when it comes to a new patent. Or, maybe I am just a bit cynical.
Geoff
hi
my neuro at salford royal has been really keen to get this 3 times a week.
i expected it to be available by now.
its going to be a double dose size syringe and they are just waited for teva to make them.
carole x
Hiya
I remember my old neuro telling me to change to injecting Copaxone every other day as I was having bad site reactions and had quite a few dents (lipoatrophy) on my legs and stomach. He also said that there was some thinking that daily injections were too much although it wasn’t something that everyone subscribed to.
I was fine for about 2 years, injecting every other day but then when I saw my new neuro and told him that I was still very up and down, even though he says I’m not relapsing. He told me that I should go back to injecting every day and really wondered what on earth made my old neuro say every other day was o.k.! Anyway I went back to injecting every day and I’m still up and down just as much as I was with every other day. I’m happy to continue as the site reactions and dents in my skin are not any worse than before.
I really hope if they do change the fequency, they also make the needle a little thinner ( I used to be on Rebif and thought that needle was noticably thinner than the Copaxone one).
Sue
Whilst looking at another MS Forum, I picked up a 3rd (or maybe 4th) Hand item on this.
A nurse in the US is supposed to have said that after a year on Copaxone, a switch to injecting every two days with a normal size syringe would maintain the same level of protection.
You can form your own opinion …
Geoff