So how many have made

[its2much]

the switch to three day 40mg and are happy with it?

Saw my neuro for my usual 6 month check up yesterday. Without even asking, I was asked if I wanted to switch to the 40mg (my questions regarding the generic 20mg were ignored).

For those of you that have changed, are you pleased with the new dosage/schedule? Anyone stopped the 40 mg?

[MyGirlsMom]

Its2much,

Yes, I am happy I have made the switch. For me I was approaching 5 yrs on Copaxone and have fairly significant injection site issues on mostly arms and thighs. For me, switching to 3days/week was the way I could stay on a DMD. I think that if I started only injecting three days a week, my skin wouldn't be as damaged as it is.

[BobOP]

I have been using Copaxone since Feb 1998. I also started in the Glacier study for Copaxone 40 on June 30, 2013..... Today is a milestone for me. I will be doing my 144th Copaxone 40 mg ( 3 days a week) injection. Yep, 1 year on the Copaxone 40.....
I did get a head start on most folks by being in the Copaxone Glacier study. The injections are going well. When I started, I was getting some burning & redness at the injection site...Those site reactions have continued to lessen....I am happy I made the switch.... I left out the best news about switching to Copaxone 40....144 injections vs 365 injections...I think I chose my new favorite number...LOL

[Mamabug]

I have been using Copaxone since 2008. Initially, I had a huge problem with site reactions following injections in my hip, my thigh, and my arm. Site pain at each site for 3 days, following an injection.

The only injection that I could tolerate was in my abdomen.

I tried calling Shared Solutions multiple times. They gave me injection tips, most of which I was already following. The tips did not reduce the injection side effects I was experiencing.

They sent out a nurse to re-train me to be sure that I was doing the injection correctly. I was, and still no improvement.

I requested my MS Specialist to approve a 4-day per week injection schedule, rotating 4 sites in my abdomen only. I have been doing that, successfully, for 6 years now.

So, I had no need to switch to a 3-day 40mg plan. My plan, instead, is a 4-day 20mg plan. Works for me. And, has been more effective than the Betaseron I'd previously been on had been.

~ Faith