I was only given a choice of avonex or rebif. I was going to ask him about that Aubagio stuff too, but I know from our prior conversations regarding bg12 that he won't prescribe me a new drug until its been out at least 6 months. He said he'd only do that for patients that were in bad shape and failing with other meds, but for me doing "relatively" ok he didn't want the risk of the new med.
What are IM and SQ? I don't think I could do copaxone. I'm terrified enough of weekly injections. I don't think I could stick with daily. If it wasn't a daily injectable I would take copaxone over all the others in a heartbeat. It seems less like poison. A little anyway. But I don't think I could do it.
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Originally Posted by ANNagain
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Yeti,
it is good that you are getting some help sooner rather than later. Even if you don't need the TN med today, you won't be in fear of the pain iif you have something to take if you need to. And Doydie makes a good point about the cold. It has turned on my TN- weather, a friend's house AC, and a car AC.
And the DMD: choose IM or SQ. If IM there is one that I know of. If SQ, choose number of times a week. If you tend toward depression, you want to stay away from interferons and go w Copaxone.
They will all cause lumps bumps and burning. Avonex less so. These lumps and bumps are very bad in the beginning- it will make you wonder how anyone stays on them. The interferons will give you a bad 2 day flu that slowly gets better over time.
That's my experience in a nutshell. We are all behind you.
ANN
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