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Copaxone and Pregnancy??

socmilit posted:

I have been on Copaxone for almost a year and things are great. However, I just found out I am pregnant and would like to know how safe it is to continue my injections while I am pregnant? I've spoke with my neurologist and have said to stop taking the injection once I find out, but my last neurologist that I had said that the Copaxone does not have any side effects and to continue with the injections. I was also told that once a woman gets pregnant, that the body normally goes into a "protection mode" because of the pregnancy. Does anyone have had any experience with pregnancy and Copaxone or any information? Thank you all.

3 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Copaxone and Pregnancy??I have been on Copaxone for almost a year and things are great. However, I just found out I am pregnant and would like to know how safe it is to continue my injections while I am pregnant? I've spoke with my neurologist and have said to stop taking the injection once I find out, but my last neurologist that I had said that the Copaxone does not have any side effects and to continue with the injections. I was also told that once a woman gets pregnant, that the body normally goes into a "protection mode" because of the pregnancy. Does anyone have had any experience with pregnancy and Copaxone or any information? Thank you all.

Neil S Lava, MD responded:

Copaxone is not approved for use in pregnancy. We usually ask our patients to stop the injections during pregnancy (you are right pregnancy usually protects the mother from having exacerbations). When you deliver your child you can restart the injections, unless you breast feed, in which case you can start injecting after you finish breast feeding.

Report This| Share this:Copaxone and Pregnancy??Copaxone is not approved for use in pregnancy. We usually ask our patients to stop the injections during pregnancy (you are right pregnancy usually protects the mother from having exacerbations). When you deliver your child you can restart the injections, unless you breast feed, in which case you can start injecting after you finish breast feeding.

Aura78 replied to Neil S Lava, MD's response:

Hello, we are a couple from Romania. My wife is 33 and she was diagnosed with MS from 2004 and she's on Copaxone since then (she only had two MS attacks). Now we decided to get pregnant. Our neurologist told us to give up Copaxone two months before getting pregnant, but we are asking ourselves what if she gets pregnant only after, let's say... 5 months after stopping the treatment? Is it better to go on with Copaxone until she gets pregnant, or at least to stop the treatment one or two weeks before conceiving? Thank you in advance for any advice.

Report This| Share this:Copaxone and Pregnancy??Hello, we are a couple from Romania. My wife is 33 and she was diagnosed with MS from 2004 and she's on Copaxone since then (she only had two MS attacks). Now we decided to get pregnant. Our neurologist told us to give up Copaxone two months before getting pregnant, but we are asking ourselves what if she gets pregnant only after, let's say... 5 months after stopping the treatment? Is it better to go on with Copaxone until she gets pregnant, or at least to stop the treatment one or two weeks before conceiving? Thank you in advance for any advice.

Neil S Lava, MD replied to Aura78's response:

We know that once you're on one of the self injections you do have a level of protection that will last for a number of months after stopping this medication. Your wife would most likely do well off the medication for a number of months. You need to make a decision about stopping the medication that is comfortable for the both of you.

Report This| Share this:Copaxone and Pregnancy??We know that once you're on one of the self injections you do have a level of protection that will last for a number of months after stopping this medication. Your wife would most likely do well off the medication for a number of months. You need to make a decision about stopping the medication that is comfortable for the both of you.

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