Has anyone else had a nausea or indigestion reaction while taking Copaxone? Did anything help?
I started Copaxone on November 12. About 5 days later, I got really nauseated one morning for about 5 minutes. Two days later, I almost vomited in the morning, but felt fine the rest of the day. The past three days, within about 1-3 hours of injecting in the morning, I get what I call "pre-nausea," which is that feeling you get when you haven't eaten for far too long, or when you know something is wrong and it could lead to nausea. I'm not pregnant.
This now lasts all day long. I also have a feeling of indigestion, and am burping more than I would expect, and it relieves pressure, just as it would if I were actually eating something that was making me feel ill.
I called Shared Solutions (the drug maker) and spoke with a nurse and a pharmacist/medical researcher, and they confirmed what the full prescribing info said--that 11% of people on the placebo and 15% on Copaxone experienced nausea in the clinical trials. The pharmacist was able to tell me that while it is really rare that the few people they studied with this issue has it resolve within six months. The nurse kept asking me about site reactions.
Six months. UGH. I'm going to start taking my shots at night and see if that helps, and will discuss it with the neuro in December 2 to get his take on it, but this is immensely annoying. I wake up feeling fine, but the feeling lasts and is even worse by bedtime, some 14 hours after injection. I only have so much faith that dosing at night will help. Antacids, etc. don't help either. I'm wiling to suck this up for awhile, but long term this just isn't doable if there are other options...and there are.
I started Copaxone on November 12. About 5 days later, I got really nauseated one morning for about 5 minutes. Two days later, I almost vomited in the morning, but felt fine the rest of the day. The past three days, within about 1-3 hours of injecting in the morning, I get what I call "pre-nausea," which is that feeling you get when you haven't eaten for far too long, or when you know something is wrong and it could lead to nausea. I'm not pregnant.
This now lasts all day long. I also have a feeling of indigestion, and am burping more than I would expect, and it relieves pressure, just as it would if I were actually eating something that was making me feel ill.
I called Shared Solutions (the drug maker) and spoke with a nurse and a pharmacist/medical researcher, and they confirmed what the full prescribing info said--that 11% of people on the placebo and 15% on Copaxone experienced nausea in the clinical trials. The pharmacist was able to tell me that while it is really rare that the few people they studied with this issue has it resolve within six months. The nurse kept asking me about site reactions.
Six months. UGH. I'm going to start taking my shots at night and see if that helps, and will discuss it with the neuro in December 2 to get his take on it, but this is immensely annoying. I wake up feeling fine, but the feeling lasts and is even worse by bedtime, some 14 hours after injection. I only have so much faith that dosing at night will help. Antacids, etc. don't help either. I'm wiling to suck this up for awhile, but long term this just isn't doable if there are other options...and there are.
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