I was given many scare tactics to stay on Copaxone even tho I felt horrible, dented and had attacks of pancreatitis. They kept telling DH that if I quit taking the meds within six months I would be in a WC. well, its been 9 months and I am not in a chair. I felt simply horrible on the stuff. I couldnt think, function and I was losing the ability to participate in my own life. They didnt seem to care about that, they cared that I "stay on program" and I got lectures about how I was "preventing damage" Well...kiss my grits! I reached a point of ENOUGH! I kicked many out of my boat, and DH was freaked out, but I told him that he too could swim for the shoreline if he didnt like it. I feel TONS better since stopping. TONS! Big Pharma has very little hold on me now.