Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Support Group

I was dx'd in Nov. '07 and started Rebif in May '09. I really can't tell much difference. I haven't had any injection site problems other than some bruising. My daughter gives me the shots. When she isn't available, I use the auto injector on my thigh. Rebif is the only MS med I have been on. It was the one my neuro recommended for me.
Nancy

Hello, i was dx'd in '01 and took copaxone for a couple of years then my neuro switched me to Rebif and it hasn't affected me at all with side effects or anything else. I also like it because its not very hard to remember 3 days a week to take your shot, alot better than everyday which is what i came from.

I was on rebif for about seven months. My MS started out like a big rock I was carrying. Rebif turned it into a boulder that I was under. But that's just me. I took it in the evening and then used ambien so I could sleep through the flu like symptoms. Didn't like the auto injector because it left bruises.

I was on Copaxone for 6 yrs. Switck to Rebif this year. I much prefer the 3x a week. It doesn't leave marks like the Copaxone. I am only on the 1/2 dose still but it seems to be effective enough so I might try and stay on it for awhile. No side effects ever, so far. I do it at night with an ibuprofen and a benadryl for allergies. I hightly recommend doing manual injections. I was not sure how long I could handle the "rebiject". It stung like crazy. Doing it manually I hardly ever feel a thing. Oh, the nurse said to drink 1/2 your weight in oz of water a day e.g. if you weighed 100 lbs drink 50 oz of water. I try but am not always getting as much as I should. I'm not sure if it is better than the Copaxone in terms of efficacy, but I loke the delivery a lot better.

I was dx'd in 2004 and started out on Rebif but had to be taken off it in 2006 because it kept elevating my liver enzymes. Now I am on Copaone cuz Neuro said it wouldn't affect my liver enzymes like Rebif did. I hate the daily shots but no flu like symptons at all.