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Posted 9/29/2007 1:14 AM (GMT 0)
I found its not the needle that hurts, its the med . . . and specifically the speed of delivery. I can push the plunger slow enough I can do it without much discomfort at all.


The pens shoot the med quickly, under pressure. I guess if I were masochistic, it wouldn't bother me as much . . .
Posted 9/29/2007 2:13 AM (GMT 0)
The pharmacy where I would be getting the Humira from (Diplomat) said the loading dose for Humira for CD only comes in the pens. After the first month, I'd be able to get the syringes.
Posted 9/29/2007 2:17 AM (GMT 0)
This last load was the first time I used my thighs....the nurse who showed my wife and I how to use the pens said I had to little fat and the skin was too tight  to get a good pinch...she suggested I use my stomach only.  I couldn't make myself shoot the gut...so I held the pens in my hands to warm them for about 25 minutes and iced both thighs for the same amount of time (just watched a sitcom to pass the time)...then I put a pillow under my knees...the slight bend released the skin and fat enough for me to pinch a good amount of flesh...and bang.  Then I iced each thigh aftr for about five minutes more....it was fine.

Posted 9/29/2007 3:31 AM (GMT 0)
I posted above that I use the syringes but didn't mention that I put it in my thigh. I wondered if my tummy would be better but I figure if it ain't broke, don't fix it =)
Posted 9/29/2007 3:34 AM (GMT 0)
I do agree it's the medication not the injection that hurts - with the pen, it goes in quickly so the burn is worse. You can't control the flow. With the syringe, I can go as slowly as I need to and it doesn't usually hurt at all. Plus I'm a control freak and need to do it myself.

I don't even feel the prick of the needle.
Posted 9/30/2007 12:51 AM (GMT 0)
I am currently on 15mls of methotrexate prescribed weekly i appreciate that my health is most important but weekly visits to the hospital are really getting me down and are making me so depressed that i dont see my partner for months on end and this is starting to put pressure on my relationship.
for all the people currently on methotrexate weekly were you given the option to use the humira pens and self administer or did the consultant/doctor just discuss that you were to receive your metho in a clinical setting by your local hospital.
i would like to of been given the opportunity to use the humira pen as it would make my life so much easier.
This would make life so much easier for me and my family any feedback would be really appreciated im just so exhausted visiting hospitals weekly.

Also how many months supply do you receive?and my metho comes up to the ward in a plastic box marked cytoxic drugs where do you collect your metho from?and what is it contained in as it is a chemo drug?
Posted 9/30/2007 1:28 AM (GMT 0)
you can get metho and inject it at home. Most people do
Posted 9/30/2007 1:37 AM (GMT 0)
This has never been an option for me im not certain if the pens are available here in the uk we might just have the syringes this would make my life so much easier and give me so much more freedom.
For those of you who inject your metho at home did the nursing staff at the hospital show you how to administer the metho?
I will discuss this with my consultant in november
Posted 9/30/2007 1:59 AM (GMT 0)

angelang40 said...
This has never been an option for me im not certain if the pens are available here in the uk we might just have the syringes this would make my life so much easier and give me so much more freedom.
For those of you who inject your metho at home did the nursing staff at the hospital show you how to administer the metho?
I will discuss this with my consultant in november

Metho is done with a syringe not a pen.  It comes in vials and you put it in the syringe and inject it.  Very simple
Posted 9/30/2007 5:20 AM (GMT 0)
im confused lol ive been reading that people who are on methotrexate can inject themselves with humira pens for crohns.
helppppppppp please clarify someone anyone before i make a complete fool of myself on monday when i phone my pharmacist lol
Posted 9/30/2007 2:04 PM (GMT 0)

angelang40 said...
im confused lol ive been reading that people who are on methotrexate can inject themselves with humira pens for crohns.
helppppppppp please clarify someone anyone before i make a complete fool of myself on monday when i phone my pharmacist lol

humira is in a syringe or a pen.  Metho is in a syringe
Posted 10/3/2007 1:35 AM (GMT 0)
the stomach shots were ok...the thigh shots hurt so bad, I swore and swore at the nurse.......>darn
Posted 10/3/2007 2:47 AM (GMT 0)
That's not what I want to hear! I have to do my next shot in the thigh...
Posted 10/3/2007 5:13 AM (GMT 0)
What does humira do to stretch marks and scars? I am starting this shortly and have 2 old abd incisions. I have plenty of room without hitting this area. I asked for the syringes, thanks to this thread.
Posted 10/3/2007 11:41 AM (GMT 0)
there will be NO more in the thigh. They bleed quite a bit too. I almost punched my husband
Posted 10/3/2007 5:08 PM (GMT 0)
Tingelbell: You just aren't allowed to give the shots in an area with scarring or stretch marks. Other than that, Humira won't do anything to them.
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