My first month on Copaxone went wonderfully... little reaction, little to no pain with injections... now.. I am on my second month (second box of syringes) and it is hell.... pain instantly with injection (I use autoject) and the pain continues for at least a week in that area... is this normal? the change from month to month? I called shared solutions and was not happy with the nurse I was assigned to... thought I would ask my trusty MS'ers here!!!

Hi Chaz - I found that when I used the autoinjector I had more site reactions that if I self injected. Did you change your autoinjector to another setting?

Additionally, someone gave the advice of taking a shower before you inject. Man, this really helped a lot. I started doing my injections in the a.m. instead of before bed so that I could do them right after my shower.

Additionally, as time goes on the site reactions lessen. I never noticed a difference from month to month but other Copaxoners might have experienced this.

tkrik-I have not changed the setting of the autoject.... in reality I have not changed anything.... I am wondering if maybe I have a bad batch of syringes or something... not sure...

On another site, MSW, I remember reading something about this but don't remember the details. You could probably do a search there and come up with a few threads. Others have experienced something similar to what you have been experiencing. Sadly, since I never noticed a difference, I really didn't pay much attention to that thread.

You could always call the pharmacy where you get your medicines. I get mine from Curascript and they have always been helpful. Although, my brother trained many MSers how to inject and trained me as well. Any issues that I had I usually talked to him about.

Hang in there and hopefully other Copaxoners will chime in with some advice.

BTW - Thanks for this thread as it is another reminder to me to pay attention to what my body is saying. I still have trouble doing that. LOL

Hey,Marissa it is possiable that maybe you got a bad batch of dull needles that has happened to some people. What's your setting on ? I use the auto inject too and I change my settings for when I inject in my stomach to a 8 have a lot of fat there haha and stay around a 6 for the the other sites the only injection site the really bothers me is when it's Thigh time like tonight is I get alot of redness and a big welt there,but it does go away days later. btw what did the SS nurse say to you ?

just wanted to say that I have never had a problem either, but thats not to say that you didnt get a bad batch of syringes, I know at one time there was some talk on the other site about that.....so sorry that Shared Solutions wasnt helpful, I would maybe try the pharmacy you get it from....good luck!

This is Social Chat Kids. Lets keep the nasty MS stuff outta here..