I couldn't handle Copaxone in my arms at all. The lump under the skin would stay for at least a week, and start itching like crazy at times. Then I'd rub it, and the lump would rise above the skin.

Two tries at that and I was done with doing my arms.

What I ended up doing was taking a copy of their chart from online, and marking shot sites by day of the month. That way I never shot in an area more often than once in thirty days. That and putting heat on the injection site after the shot helped me a lot with site reactions.

Why in the world would they make something that stings so much? To make us think it's doing something?