Rule of thumb: all doctors want you on a dmd once you diagnosed with ms. They do not understand how the side effects feel.Personally, Iwould like my neuro to take just one dose of each of these and then decide if she will ever prescribe them again. If you are allergic to rebif I would ask the doctor what he is thinking in recommending Avonex which is the same medication but in a different and higher dose. Personally, copaxone caused my ms to go crazy and I grew 16 new lesions in the short time I was on it. And thn I switched to Avonex which made me sick as a dog, then i began to have allergic reactions to it so the doc pulled the plug and refused to let me try rebif.

So it's tysabri now which makes me sick for 2 weeks out of the month but the only thing that has slowed the progression of this disease.

That was my thought when I started back in 1997. As an overweight RN I knew I would have no problems with an IM, either the size of the needle or getting the correct depth. I have been on Avonex since about May 1997.