Anaphylactic Reaction after Injection of Glatiramer Acetate (Copaxone®) in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Author(s) -
Annette Baumgärtner,
Oliver Stich,
Sebastian Rauer
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1421-9913
pISSN - 0014-3022
DOI - 10.1159/000334107
Subject(s) - glatiramer acetate , multiple sclerosis , relapsing remitting , medicine , immunology , pharmacology
ized pruritic exanthema over the whole body immediately after injection of Copaxone. This improved after a few days without therapy and no further symptoms such as dyspnea or hypotension were evident. Following this systemic allergic reaction, therapy with GA was discontinued. Apart from MS, the patient also suffers from recurrent depressive episodes; additional diseases, co-medication or allergies are not evident.
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