Brian Plummer 6 December 2005 16:45:47 [ permanent link ]
Does anyone taking Humira have difficulty giving themselfs the shot? I take it once a week and I dread it ever time. I was told there is a chemical preservative in it that makes it sting alot when injected. How do you deal with that? Any tips or whatnot to lessen the pain of the injection
Brian,I have the same problem,only every other week.I just dread getting them too,it feels like getting stung by a Bee.I called the company once on it and they were really no help,all they said was to let the alchohol dry before injecting,I've tried that and it doesn't makea difference.It is preservative free,so must be some other ingredient.Sory I couldn't be of help.Would be great if someone knew of a way to lessen it. Carol
Jan O'Keeffe 6 December 2005 22:10:06 [ permanent link ]
makes it sting alot when injected.
"Brian Plummer"
Brian- I am not on Humira but years ago I would get prednisone shots that stung like a hornet. Ahem, I am a wee bit overweight--well, actually quite a bit. The longer needle was the answer. Nurse said the med the was intra-muscular and only stung when injected into adipose tissue. Jan O'
Alison DeLorme 9 December 2005 08:29:01 [ permanent link ]
I have found that by letting it sit out for 1/2 hour and then injecting it very fast, it stings less. I used to inject slowly and the stinging would just continue on and on. But pushing the plunger fast seems to "shoot" the medicine deeper, maybe beyond the pain receptors. I don't know. I'm not saying it doesn't sting at all. But this way, it seems only a second or two and then it's gone.
sorry I couldn't help more.
BTW, I had this same problem with the pre-filled enbrel syringes but not with the powdered form... go figure.
"Brian Plummer" <bplummer9@comcast.net> wrote in message newsO-dneP1FYLtCwjeRVn-gw@comcast.com...> Does anyone taking Humira have difficulty giving themselfs the shot? I > take it once a week and I dread it ever time. I was told there is a > chemical preservative in it that makes it sting alot when injected. How > do you deal with that? Any tips or whatnot to lessen the pain of the > injection
Brian, many years ago I broke my leg and crushed my ankle. I was in hospital for 3 months, and for a lot of that time I was getting 6 hourly penicillin injections, and they hurt like hell ! One night the nightshift nurse (I should have married her !) was most suprised when I told her that I hated having the injections because they hurt so much "Don't they slap the area first ?" she said.
What she did, she wiped the area to be injected, and her fingers on her free hand, and then just before she inserted the needle and injected, she gave the injection site a good slap - just a sharp, quick slap - and then stuck the needle in. I felt nothing, and have insisted on the same procedure since then - whenever my kids needed vaccinations for instance.
It was some years later that I developed a theory why it works (not sure if it's correct . The slap "fires" the nerves in the area, and there is a short time before they are "reset". This short "reset" window is when the injection should be given.
Try it and let me know if it works for you (no patent fees apply !!!!)
I have a warning for users of Humira. My business partner died a few weeks ago. He was using Humira and what seemed like a flue was in reality an attack of the Epstein-Bar virus. They did their best to save him but it took less than 10 days then he died.(nothing was working anymore) I don't know the exact working of the medicine but it seems to me that it affects your immune system, because the Epstein-Bar Virus is very common and carried by 95% op the population. There are more cases known if look on the internet. His widow and I want the manufacturer to put a warning on the injections that is lethal as a serious side effect. I can understand that you don't want to read this, because even my partner his quality of life was beter than ever. I miss him and I want to warn people
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