Are you letting the shots warm up long enough? If they are at all cold, they feel like that to me. I let them warm for at least 3 hours.

Yes, I do let the shot warm up. I also let it sit out a few hours ahead of time.

I posted pictures of my last Avonex shot, some think that the Copaxone needle is worth it to not have to do the Avonex needle LOL

i heard on here to be sure the alcohol it totally dry and that really helped then i tried it going in deeper and that helped too.the only place it hurts now is my legs but not nearly as bad.so i ice them after

Hi Cathy...
I am on week 5 of Copaxone. My first week or so it was pretty intense pain that lasted about 10 minutes, bad bee sting, and I had a good size welt on my skin.

I am finding that with time and experimenting with depth, the pain is lessening, at least in length of time. I do still get bee sting pain, but very short lived. If you see my other post, I self injected this week, and found less pain and reaction overall. It will get better, hang in there and try different depths.
Sarah

PS...ice makes my pain worse, I use heat after injection. Ice gives me nasty nerve pain.

One of my nurses told me that after I give myself the shot, I needed to make sure to massage the area, which she said would lessen the pain, and help the medication get moving. Never really did a whole lot for me, but you never know, maybe it'll help. Good luck with it. As the needle got in a little deeper, it wasn't as bad.

I started copaxone in Oct. too and, feel the medicine going in and burning for up to an hour. I've tried col/hot compresses to no avail. Nothing seems to work. I've spoken to Shared Solution nurses several time but, they don't know why I feel this way. I was starting to feel like I was crazy because I thought the shots were so painful. I'm glad it's not just me(well not glad, releived).