Hi. I've been taking copaxone for 8 years,made a break for 8 months,and now I'm wondering if I can continue taking it.
Does anybody knows if it's safe?
Thank you,mar
Copaxone after 8 months
Re: Copaxone after 8 months
I've never heard of any problems about stopping and restarting copaxone. However, when people do this with the interferons, I know that the side effects can be worse for a while. Just curious, why did you stop for 8 months?markablee wrote:Hi. I've been taking copaxone for 8 years,made a break for 8 months,and now I'm wondering if I can continue taking it.
Does anybody knows if it's safe?
Thank you,mar
Re: Copaxone after 8 months
Thanks.
I had a problem with finding avaliable space on my skin,it become hard and painful,so I wanted to give it some rest. Then I started with natural approach,it was good for a while,but I've developed burning knee and ankle pain together with strong fatigue,so I want to start again and hoping I didn't make irreversible mess.
I had a problem with finding avaliable space on my skin,it become hard and painful,so I wanted to give it some rest. Then I started with natural approach,it was good for a while,but I've developed burning knee and ankle pain together with strong fatigue,so I want to start again and hoping I didn't make irreversible mess.
Re: Copaxone after 8 months
To be safe, you may want to contact Shared Solutions regarding this.
Re: Copaxone after 8 months
If you're still RRMS, then you might wish to talk to your neurologist about finding an alternative medication. Copaxone has been reported to be clastogenic in a cell mutagenesis assay. This means that it was found to cause breaks in DNA. I suspect that this triggers apoptosis and causes many of the skin problems especially lipoatrophy.markablee wrote:I had a problem with finding avaliable space on my skin,it become hard and painful,so I wanted to give it some rest. Then I started with natural approach,it was good for a while,but I've developed burning knee and ankle pain together with strong fatigue,so I want to start again and hoping I didn't make irreversible mess.