My wife has been on Copaxone for 4 year's, she does not like what the shots are doing to her body?

28 Sep 2011

You mention that your wife experiences a lot of fatigue and leg weakness. Are these new symptoms? I ask this because the newer and more potent drugs require a person to be failing either one or two of the older medications. These newer drugs are called Tysabri... given IV once per month only by specially trained health care individuals... and Gylenia (I think that's how you spell)... this is oral taken once per day and may not be available in your area and may not be covered by your insurance.
You state that her injection sites collapse. I don't know what that means exactly. I do know that after 11 years on Copaxone, I frequently get a small lump under my skin. If my site bleeds, the Autoject is set too high. If medication seaps out, the Autoject is set too low. If I have burning, sharp nasty pain at the site, the Autoject is set too high. If I have inflammation, redness, swelling, I am injecting in an area that I should not and am possibly causing infection (my legs, I have large veins, so not a good place).
I hope this has been helpful