Hmmm.......my Neuro just prescribed Avonex for me yesterday. He said it was a better switch from Betaseron because they are both interferons.
The interferons seem to work for me.

He knows I wanted off the shots so maybe he knows that the Avonex is going to have fewer in the future. He didn't say.

For me its a trade off: Betaseron under the skin every other day
Avonex in the muscle once a week

I've been taking shots so long that I have developed shot phobia!

I was scared of getting a flu shot and that didn't bother me near as much as a subucaneous Betaseron shot! They burn and bruise! The flu shots was easy and painless.