I have been on 3x pw injections for Copaxone for nearly 2 years. Everything is going well and my sites seem fine. However lately my husband has been experiencing issues injecting my hip. He presses the button on the auto injector and the spring releases but the syringe doesn’t empty. When he removes the needle it squirts all over the place. I did it myself last week and it was OK but I’m sure I’m doing nothing differently to him. After he had problems tonight we managed to save the syringe and I tried to manually inject it in the same spot but I couldn’t depress the syringe (admittedly a difficult angle to inject in the hip). I ended up manually injected into my arm. I’ve reported it to my Copaxone Nurse and will be picking up my new injector on Friday. My Copaxone Nurse has brought forward her visit from September to July but still about 4 weeks before I see her. So confused what is happening? Are my sites failing? But they don’t look like any different to how they always have. Has anyone else experienced this?
hi whatever you do try to rotate the injection sites. ok you can’t do your hips at the moment but just rotate the rest. your sites aren’t failing it seems to be the auto injecter that has failed. i go on about rotating because i didn’t and i’m left with a huge chunk of my left arm missing (lipotrophy). just let me be a lesson to you!
Just a suggestion but is there any chance it’s the needle that is faulty? I seem to remember a little while back many people using a certain brand of needle for their insulin injections were having problems and it turned out to be the actual needle not the pens being used to inject with.
Thanks for your replies. It is just really strange that it only goes wrong on my hip. I wonder if my sites are too close together as I am strict about rotating my sites so would usually would only use the same site every 7 weeks.
I too have had this problem, but only occasionally (maybe once every few months) I have been on Copaxone for about 11 years & am very happy with it as I have had no relapses in that time. However my disability had got to 6.5 by then & has gradually increased.
I too have had this problem, but only occasionally (maybe once every few months) I have been on Copaxone for about 11 years & am very happy with it as I have had no relapses in that time. However my disability had got to 6.5 by then & has gradually increased.
Yes mine was just occasionally but now it’s everytime. I’m injecting in my arms now but hate it as it’s really painful and I can’t sleep as I usually sleep on my side. Wow 11 years. What does your disability at 6.5 mean?
I am having the same problem as the initial post in this thread. I have a new CSYNC injector and when I pull off the orange top it fails to grab the cap of the injector which usually results in the waste of that syringe.