Accidentally Took Betaseron Two Days in A Row

[thenea]

I should really say "absentmindedly".  I have a Betaseron app on my iPhone and I got an alert today to take my injection, so without even thinking or checking the calendar on the app, I immediately prepped and administered my injection.  Two hours later, I got another alert because I forgot to record the injection so I looked at the calendar and realized, oops, I injected myself yesterday as well.

Anybody else ever make this mistake?  I called Betaplus and I'm expecting a call back from a Beta nurse but err, what's the usual routine when something like this happens?  Any weird side effects?

I'll be sitting in the corner with my dunce cap.

[thenea]

Well the nurse called me back an hour later and told me to take some ibuprofen if I hadn't already and to expect flu-like symptoms.  I had a headache and some body aches that lasted a little longer than usual the next day but nothing I haven't dealt with already.  

She also mentioned a double dose study that was performed where patients were given doses of Betaseron on the same day and no serious adverse effects were reported.  I'm assuming it was 0.6 mg/2 mL.  She also reminded me that the 0.3 mg/1 mL dose was pretty small to begin to with and not to worry.

Other than that, I was told to skip the next day and resume my schedule.  And with that, the universe was restored to proper order!

[Lulu54]

This should .not be a problem except for maybe having flu like symptoms for a bit longer than usual.  I would be curious to know what they tell you when the nurse calls back.

[diggiesmallz]

This has happens to me once or twice w rebif and nothing weird happend.