I’m on copaxone and you DO NOT shoot into your vein. It’s under
your skin in the your fat, stomach, tops of your upper legs, hips, and
the grandma fat of your upper arms.
They come to your house and train you when your on copaxone ( I
don’t about rebif) Copaxone is everyday shot, it hurts like hell but so
does rebif (my friend is on it) um with copaxone there ’s swelling
around the injection site and it stays red swollen for a few days sometimes longer. You DO NOT have the flu like symptoms with Copaxone. Rebif
you do have them. If you can, use ice or a hot pack before doing your shot to
help with the pain if you want. I find ice for 30 seconds before and 30 seconds
after then and hot pack for 1 minute helps best. Sometime I don’ even feel it. It
just hurts worse when I’m sick or on my period.
I have been on copaxone for a little over a year now. The bet tip that
I can give you is to use warm hot pack and put where you going to
do your shot for like a minute before and then use cold one for a
minute after, you can put the hot pack back on for like 3 minutes
after that. That’s what shared solutions told me to do because I was
having the same problem. its helps, also when I’m getting ready to
start or on my period or sick the shots hurt worse. Just sharing
message me if ya wanna talk or whatever
ABOUT Immediate Post-Injection Reaction (IPIR):
I have had the whole reaction
ONE time and it scared me. before i would just have chest tightness or shortness
of breathe. IT SHOULD ALL PASS WITHIN 15 to 20 MINUTES. The nurse told me before i started the medicine what to do if i had this reaction,
and that is to relax and remember I can breathe even though it feels like I cant I
can and to stay CALM and try to relax. YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO ANYTHING
AFTER THE SHOT, OR BEFORE THE SHOT EXCEPT BE RELAXED. SO TRY TO
RELAX BEFORE THE SHOT AND AFTER. I KNOW IM SCARED OF NEEDLES AND
FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS IT WAS HARD TO RELAX BUT YOU GET USED TO
IT.
Also my nurse that came and trained me and my sister and my dad told me that I
should never be alone always someone there incase something happens.
~Jamie
Labels: Copaxone (glatiramer acetate)
