I'm starting my 4th week of Copaxone. The first week, I had significant site reactions everywhere except my arms. I would get a 2-3 inch round rash with stinging and burning pain for about 2 hours especially on my thighs, a little less for the hips, lesser still for the stomach, and just a red mark with brief stinging on the arms.
After the first week, I noticed that the amount of time for the reactions (pain, burning) decreased by about half and the size of the rash decreased as well. So, I was hopeful that things were getting better.
This morning, I noticed that my injection site from yesterday (arm) has about a 1-2" round red mark and is starting to itch. My site from the day before (stomach) has a pink circle around it. And my site from three days ago (thigh) has a 1 inch wide red streak across it and is starting to itch as well. The tops of my thighs and my hip areas are sore (as if bruised) as is my arm from the injection last night.
Until now, any sign of the injection site has been gone within 2 hours. This morning, I also had unexplained waves of chills for about an hour.
I called the nurse at Shared Solutions and got the "according to the studies, X% of study participants versus placebo had this reaction" read to me by the nurse which I found to be not helpful at all...last time I call them! What a waste of time and money and so not helpful!
What I want to know is, are these typical side effects and what can I do to combat them? I inject at night with the autoject set at 6 for all sites.
After the first week, I noticed that the amount of time for the reactions (pain, burning) decreased by about half and the size of the rash decreased as well. So, I was hopeful that things were getting better.
This morning, I noticed that my injection site from yesterday (arm) has about a 1-2" round red mark and is starting to itch. My site from the day before (stomach) has a pink circle around it. And my site from three days ago (thigh) has a 1 inch wide red streak across it and is starting to itch as well. The tops of my thighs and my hip areas are sore (as if bruised) as is my arm from the injection last night.
Until now, any sign of the injection site has been gone within 2 hours. This morning, I also had unexplained waves of chills for about an hour.
I called the nurse at Shared Solutions and got the "according to the studies, X% of study participants versus placebo had this reaction" read to me by the nurse which I found to be not helpful at all...last time I call them! What a waste of time and money and so not helpful!
What I want to know is, are these typical side effects and what can I do to combat them? I inject at night with the autoject set at 6 for all sites.
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