Saturday, April 25, 2009 Barb asks

Q: Copaxone: Anyone heard of dizziness,chills, sudden drop in blood pressure, 4 hours after shot?

Please help... After 6 years on Rebif, my husband's neuro decided it hadn't worked at all and switched him to Copaxone. He took it for 10 days. Each day (except the first) he started feeling ill and dizzy about 3-4 hours after the shot. Terrible chills and aching. Hands and feet ice-cold and white. Unable to sit up without fainting.Occassional "heart pressure" but no pain. Severe head aches with sharp ear pains. Nausea. Symptoms lasted 12-15 hours and grew worse each day. 10th day we both thought he would die. Blood pressure dropped almost in half. Neuro took him off, and he's fine now, but worried about progression and last lousy MRI. Neuro, Shared Solutions, Pharm. co. - all are stumped and say they've never heard of this before. (Site pain bad, but just annoying.)Has ANYONE heard of this before? WHAT would cause it, and what can be done? He needs to take something, he's 53 and progressing fast.  Thank you.  Barb 

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By Barb— Last Modified: 10/01/10, First Published: 04/25/09