Did they ever figure out what the cause of weight gain is from Copaxone? Possibly the mannitol?? I'm just getting frustrated. I'm up 16 lbs. I know some of it is age (50 years old) but at 48 years I was still 128 lbs...now 144 lbs..... a lot of it has coincided with taking Copaxone...I'm happy with the results, but not happy with the weight.
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I've been on Copaxone since 2008 and I don't think it made me gain weight. I haven't ever heard that weight gain is one of its side effects. In fact, I was able to lose 60 lbs in 2010-2011, while on Copaxone.
I gained 15 lbs back in 2014, because I was on steroids twice that year. In 2016, I worked on getting that weight off. It comes off harder now, than a few years ago, because of age. I'm 54. But, I lost about 7 lbs last year, and, hopefully, the rest will come back off this year.~ Faith
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(now a Mimibug)
Symptoms began in JAN02
- Dx with RRMS in OCT03, following 21 months of limbo, ruling out lots of other dx, and some "probable stroke" and "probable CNS" dx for awhile.
- In 2008, I was back in limbo briefly, then re-dx w/ MS: JUL08.
- Betaseron NOV03-AUG08; Copaxone20 SEPT08-APR15; Copaxone40 APR15-present
- Began receiving SSDI / LTD NOV08. Not employed. I volunteer in my church and community.
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