advertisement
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-17-2011, 07:21 PM #1
Dejibo's Avatar
Dejibo Dejibo is offline
Elder
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 7,332
15 yr Member
Dejibo Dejibo is offline
Elder
Dejibo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 7,332
15 yr Member
Default copaxone and skin tags

while on copaxone I developed several skin tags, and then ended up with some eye stuff that really got me upset. My eyes were so dry I could hardly blink, and then I got a few skin tags along the lash line along with blocked oil ducts. miserable time.

Since going off the copaxone my eyes have improved alot, and I snapped off a few of those tags on my own, but had one humdinger left behind. I had an appiontment with the eye surgeon today as a check up and she said my ON is improving and she is happy, but then offered to remove that thing on my lash line.

Long story short, I let her numb me up and cut the thing off. OUCH!!!

anyone else get skin tags while on Copaxone? Mine have stopped now that I stopped taking it, and the MDs told me I was off the beaten path to blame C for them, but its right there in their own literature! skin tags! funny, never had um before C and havent had um since! im glad this huge thing is gone, but wow o wow is it sore!
__________________
RRMS 3/26/07
.

Betaseron 5/18/07
.

Elevated LFTs Beta DC 7/07
Copaxone 8/7/07
.



.
Dejibo is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote

advertisement
Old 02-17-2011, 10:25 PM #2
SallyC's Avatar
SallyC SallyC is offline
In Remembrance
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 17,844
15 yr Member
SallyC SallyC is offline
In Remembrance
SallyC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 17,844
15 yr Member
Default

I had to look up skin tags...lol. Yes I have them, but I didn't know it was caused by Copaxone.

I tie a thread around the base/stem and pull it tight. Sometimes they come off at once and sometimes they fall off later. I had a big one on my booby...It finally came off.

I noticed that after starting LDN, I didn't get them anymore. Others on LDN noticed it too.
__________________
~Love, Sally
.





"The best way out is always through". Robert Frost



~If The World Didn't Suck, We Would All Fall Off~
SallyC is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Dejibo (02-18-2011)
Old 02-18-2011, 02:33 AM #3
Erin524's Avatar
Erin524 Erin524 is offline
Elder
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 5,020
15 yr Member
Erin524 Erin524 is offline
Elder
Erin524's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 5,020
15 yr Member
Default

So that's where that thing on my left arm came from...

I already had one on my ummm....chest...that's been there since my middle 20s, it's not as bad as the one on my arm and I'm not letting anyone cut it off.

I wonder if duct tape would help removing it? I removed a wart on my ring finger about 7yrs ago by putting a little dime sized piece of duct tape on it, with a bandaid around the tape so people wouldnt ask why I had duct tape on my finger. Took about two weeks, but the wart disappeared and has never come back. (saved me a doctor's visit to get it burned off, and I dont have a scar)
__________________
~ Never do anything that you wouldn't want to explain to the paramedics. ~ Author Unknown ~

~ "Animals have two functions in society. To taste good and to fit well." ~ Greg Proops, actor ~
Erin524 is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Dejibo (02-18-2011), SallyC (02-18-2011)
Old 02-18-2011, 10:32 AM #4
Dejibo's Avatar
Dejibo Dejibo is offline
Elder
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 7,332
15 yr Member
Dejibo Dejibo is offline
Elder
Dejibo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 7,332
15 yr Member
Default

I noticed when on copaxone that I started getting them. my back, my underarm, my booby, and then on my face! it ended up that I had several along the lash line of my eyes. I snapped several off by grabbing them with tweezers, and courage. This last one was wide and flat and it was quite painful to grab. I didnt have the courage. The eye surgeon told me it was on top of 2 blocked oil ducts which were quite swollen under it and that was why it was so painful for me. She numbed me up and worked for several minutes with the teeniest pair of scissors I ever saw. Im so glad that thing is gone.

Alot of the sx I had with copaxone were right there in the literature, but of course the MDs would just pishaw at me when I would bring it up. Well, dangit! if its in THEIR literature, it must be something, yes? Im happy to be done with it.
__________________
RRMS 3/26/07
.

Betaseron 5/18/07
.

Elevated LFTs Beta DC 7/07
Copaxone 8/7/07
.



.
Dejibo is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
SallyC (02-18-2011)
Old 02-18-2011, 10:38 AM #5
Kitty's Avatar
Kitty Kitty is offline
Wisest Elder Ever
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Deep South
Posts: 21,576
15 yr Member
Kitty Kitty is offline
Wisest Elder Ever
Kitty's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Deep South
Posts: 21,576
15 yr Member
Default

Sometimes the side effects from the medication are worse than the symptoms of the illness you're trying to treat. What gets me is the ridiculous cost of these meds.
__________________
These forums are for mutual support and information sharing only. The forums are not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment provided by a qualified health care provider. Always consult your doctor before trying anything you read here.
Kitty is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Dejibo (02-18-2011), SallyC (02-18-2011)
Old 02-18-2011, 12:00 PM #6
Catch Catch is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sherwood Forest
Posts: 300
15 yr Member
Catch Catch is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sherwood Forest
Posts: 300
15 yr Member
Default

I've got skin tags, but nothing like that, and I had mine before starting copaxone. Now I will be watching for them. Cool, yet another side effect I was not aware of. Cross my fingers I don't start getting them on my eyes.
__________________
Relax--It only hurts until you die
.


I'm still walking upright and six feet above ground.
.
Catch is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Dejibo (02-18-2011), SallyC (02-18-2011)
Old 02-18-2011, 12:17 PM #7
tkrik's Avatar
tkrik tkrik is offline
Wise Elder
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 8,403
15 yr Member
tkrik tkrik is offline
Wise Elder
tkrik's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 8,403
15 yr Member
Default

Wow! I'm sorry to hear you had to have them removed from you eye area. OUCH is right!

I know that the older we get, skin tags are part of the "wonderful" aging process and I do have a couple on my neck but I never associated it with C. So, I don't know if I got them because of the C. *tkrik trying to think back to 5 years ago and what her neck looked like. OOOPPPS! tkrik blew a fuse thinking that far back.* I am going to venture and guess that the ones I have are not from the C but from my normal aging process.

I am interested to hear what others have to say about C and skin tags.
tkrik is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Dejibo (02-18-2011), SallyC (02-18-2011)
Old 02-18-2011, 01:45 PM #8
TwoKidsTwoCats TwoKidsTwoCats is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,284
15 yr Member
TwoKidsTwoCats TwoKidsTwoCats is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,284
15 yr Member
Default

I have a few, but the condition tends to run in my dad's side of the family anyway. So I can't blame the C for all of them. They are exactly where the elastic parts of my bra rub too.. rib cage and underarm area. Come to think of it the really small ones on my neck disappeared after stopping C. hmmmm??
__________________
Worrying is like a rocking chair it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere ~Van Wilder
TwoKidsTwoCats is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Dejibo (02-18-2011), SallyC (02-18-2011)
Old 02-18-2011, 02:05 PM #9
SallyC's Avatar
SallyC SallyC is offline
In Remembrance
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 17,844
15 yr Member
SallyC SallyC is offline
In Remembrance
SallyC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SW Ohio
Posts: 17,844
15 yr Member
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by TwoKidsTwoCats View Post
Come to think of it the really small ones on my neck disappeared after stopping C. hmmmm??
Me too, come to think of it or maybe the LDN? Who cares, they're gone..
__________________
~Love, Sally
.





"The best way out is always through". Robert Frost



~If The World Didn't Suck, We Would All Fall Off~
SallyC is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Dejibo (02-18-2011), dmplaura (02-24-2011), TwoKidsTwoCats (02-19-2011)
Old 02-20-2011, 12:08 AM #10
doydie's Avatar
doydie doydie is offline
Elder
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: southern Indiana
Posts: 5,533
15 yr Member
doydie doydie is offline
Elder
doydie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: southern Indiana
Posts: 5,533
15 yr Member
Default

One time I had a small skin tag on my neck. My daughters love the kind of pet shop that allow the birds in the aviary to be free and you can put your arm out and they come to you. Well one day we were in her favorite pet shop and a bird came and sat on my shoulder and picked my skin tag off!!!!!
doydie is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
"Thanks for this!" says:
Dejibo (02-20-2011), dmplaura (02-24-2011), SallyC (02-20-2011)
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Facebook question: regarding "tags" mrsD Computers and Technology 3 07-02-2011 10:30 AM
Copaxone coletaterbug Multiple Sclerosis 7 07-07-2009 12:38 AM
Looks like I will be trying copaxone again barb02 Multiple Sclerosis 19 01-11-2009 08:46 PM
Can Someone explain "Tags" to me? Wiix Computers and Technology 4 09-16-2008 04:15 PM
Medical Alert tags Hippyhair Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD and CRPS) 21 07-27-2007 08:18 AM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:45 AM.

Powered by vBulletin • Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

vBulletin Optimisation provided by vB Optimise v2.7.1 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
 

NeuroTalk Forums

Helping support those with neurological and related conditions.

 

The material on this site is for informational purposes only,
and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment
provided by a qualified health care provider.


Always consult your doctor before trying anything you read here.