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Peer Connections
Looking for a peer for a little MS support?
Many people find comfort and encouragement in sharing experiences and advice with others who have similar concerns and needs. When you have multiple sclerosis, there may be times when you need to talk with someone who can truly understand what you’re going through. To help make it easier for you to connect one-on-one with another person with MS, Shared Solutions® offers Peer Resources.
Through Peer Resources, you can share your feelings, discuss important issues, and hear encouraging words from someone else with multiple sclerosis. If you are considering COPAXONE®, you can get an understanding of what it’s all about from someone who really knows—someone who is successfully managing their RRMS with COPAXONE®.
Let us help make the connection for you.
Call Shared Solutions® at 1-800-887-8100 and ask to participate in our Peer Resources program. When you call, we’ll ask you a few questions in order to match you to a person with MS whose experience will be most relevant to you. If you’re still considering therapies, this person can tell you about managing his or her RRMS with COPAXONE®.
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- COPAXONE® (glatiramer acetate injection) is indicated for the reduction of the frequency of relapses in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, including patients who have experienced a first clinical episode and have MRI features consistent with multiple sclerosis.
Important Safety Information About COPAXONE®
- The most common side effects of COPAXONE® are redness, pain, swelling, itching, or a lump at the site of injection, flushing, rash, shortness of breath, and chest pain. These reactions are usually mild and seldom require professional treatment. Be sure to tell your doctor about any side effects.
Some patients report a short-term reaction right after injecting COPAXONE®. This reaction can involve flushing (feeling of warmth and/or redness), chest tightness or pain with heart palpitations, anxiety, and trouble breathing. These symptoms generally appear within minutes of an injection, last about 15 minutes, and go away by themselves without further problems.
A permanent indentation under the skin at the injection site may occur, due to a local destruction of fat tissue. Be sure to follow proper injection technique and inform your doctor of any skin changes.
After you inject COPAXONE®, call your doctor right away if you develop hives, skin rash with irritation, dizziness, sweating, chest pain, trouble breathing, severe pain at the injection site or other uncomfortable changes in your general health. Do not give yourself any more injections until your doctor tells you to begin again.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
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*IMS Health National Prescription Audit, May 2011. Data is proprietary to IMS Health.
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