Just suggesting that anyone out there who hasn't switched to the Sure Click you may want to try it. I've done both and the SC is by far the better of the two methods. Before on days it was time for my shot I'd hold off as long as I could, now I run the fridge and give them to my self! Three SC shots down and no pain during injection, once in arm at the doctors office and shot two and three in right and left thigh. I would have taken ten Tetanus shots to one of the Enbrel shots before. On the other hand, I'm one of those people who switched from the syringe to the "pen" and switched BACK again. I definitely prefer the syringe. I think it all has to do with personal preference. For me, the syringe offers me a bit more control. I can control how fast the meds go in, and I am confident that all of the medicine was injected. Using the pen I felt way more anxious about the "prick" and was never sure all of the med was injected.
I live overseas and have to order Enbrel from the States because it is not easily available where I live. It just arrived and it seems somebody changed me over from the syringe to the SuperClick Autoinjector. I'm somewhat comforted by responses recommending it, but I'm quite upset that somebody changed me without my asking and I am still quite skeptical about the superclick. I'm sure it is great for people who don't like to see the needle, but I've been using the syringe for nearly five years and am quite comfortable with it. You can see exactly where you are injecting, you can control how much pressure to apply to break the skin, you can control how fast to depress the plunger. Also, there is usually a tiny bit of air in the tube, and with the syringe you can eject the air before injecting yourself. I'm quite stressed out about this autoinjector. I have no idea where I am going to be injecting, I'll be sitting there waiting for the prick, I can't get rid of the air in the tube, etc. I tried just now to inject myself in the thigh, but I kept pressing the button and nothing happened. I'm a bit aprehensive about pushing too hard -- it is strange to press down with so much force over a needle that you're about to stab into your leg! Perhaps after I get this thing to work I'll be convinced, but right now I just hate the idea of this thing.
I have just started the sureclick injector and I can't imagine using a syringe. My only problems is that when the meds go in, they burn. I left it out of the fridge for an hour and a half as per the Dr., but it still bunred. Any suggestions?