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Suspicious papanicolaou smears (pap smears) and vaginal haemorrhage were reported as frequent post marketing events by patients with multiple sclerosis using Copaxone.

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Copaxone ®  Side Effects

(glatiramer acetate)
 

Injection Site Reactions
 
Post marketing and clinical trials reported injection site reaction as common.

Reactions include injection site edema (swelling), injection site atrophy (wasting away of tissue), abscess and injection site hypersensitivity.
 
Injection Site Reaction Figures (%)
Injection Site Reaction Copaxone Placebo
Erythema 66 % 19 %
Hemorrhage 5 % 3 %
Induration 13 % 0 %
Inflammation 49 % 11 %
Site Mass 27 % 10 %
Site Pain 73 % 38 %
Site Pruritis 40 % 6 %
Urticaria 5 % 0 %
Welt 11 % 2 %
     
 

 
Reviewed July 2004

 

 
 

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