Winnie Re: Any Advise for me?

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Hi winnie, can you give the shot over the red bruise or do you have

to totally avoid that spot? because on my legs I have the red spots

and they stay there for weeks (6 spots just on my left leg)I don't

get the red spots and bruises on my stomach and my hip area so I've

been just giving the shots in those 4 areas to try to let the other

spots heal up. I've been taking advil and it doesn't seem to work

and tylenol never has worked so I'm going to switch to aleve and see

if it works better. I've been on the Betaseron since sept 04. and

haven't had the chills like that.

monica

> Hi:

>

> Been on Betaseron since December, 2002. All side effects are

minimal except

> for the small circular redness and BRUISES wherever I take the

shot. I use

> Motrin, and it works for me. Do you ever experience chills?

It's only

> happened to me about six times, but it keeps me up all night, and

I am totally

> exhausted the next day. (when I say chills, I mean cold to the

bone, shivering

> like I am in -40 degree weather in a tee shirt)

>

> winnie

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Winnie,

Have you tried putting ice on your injection site right after the shot

for a few minutes? We were told by an MS nurse practitioner that it would

help. You may have tried this already ? I just wanted to share this in case

you have not tried this . I wish the best for you.

MJ