i've been on humira for 3 months, a shot every other week.
do you ever get used to the pain?
it feels like a bee sting. i don't like the pen injections and try to inject the medication really slowly because it burns so much.
any advice is appreciated.
thanks.
My doctor told me to take Tylenol before and to ice the area. I do both of these things and it helps....a little. It still burns but it is tolerable. I find the slower it goes, the more it burns! I wish it would be faster. How do you control the speed with the pen? you dont, it injects in 10 seconds.When i was on enbrel I self injected. Could not get past sticking the needle in.Use to sweat buckets!! I am now on humira self inject. I ice the area but it still hurts like ****. BUT thank god its over in ten seconds dordaleHAD MY FIRST Humira 40 mg pen injection yesterday. Nurse showed us how to do first. I even brought cortisone with me if it would react. I never even felt the click or the injection. I think I was overly prepared for all this talk of a loud CLICK and all that. Nothing. absolutely nothing. Hope down the road it all goes as well. Even though mine was in a cold pack when I got it, it still didn't hurt or swell, but it should be out at room temperature (leave out 30 min to an hour nurse said) for those who have more of a reaction. I have read the early Enbrel sites on regular type injections and it seemed like a lot of people emailing in where having all kinds of injection problems. Maybe this is psychological, but 21 hours after first injection my shoulder joint is actually better!!! I hold my breathe in next few weeks to see what more it will bring.yes it some times stings but this is due to the
Preservative in the saline this is giving you the sting leave out of the fridge for 15/20 min this will help just relax jab inject job done
i've been on humira for 3 months, a shot every other week.
do you ever get used to the pain?
it feels like a bee sting. i don't like the pen injections and try to inject the medication really slowly because it burns so much.
any advice is appreciated.
thanks.
[/QUOTE] No never get used to the pain...the sure click and already mixed injections have preservative...that's the pain! SO if possible your MD can order the kind you mis yourself (no preservative...no pain)...another suggestion is EMLA (eutectic miszxture of Local ansesthesia) goes on skin with occlusive dressg (like saran wrap)....i hr later wipe it off.....ice it a tad...then alcohol and bam....no pain to lots less pain.Hi all I am new here. I have been on Humira for 16 months. I started out with the self inject and am now using the pen. It still hurts like crazy, but I just remember how much better Humira is working than the myriad of other drugs I have tried over the past 8 years. I had to go off my meds all of Feb. and Mar. due to the flu. Since I resumed my shots I am now getting headaches. Does anyone else have this problem?
I am a "future" user and I am amazed at some people will say it hurts so much and others say it doesn't!I have been on Humira for almost a year, and yes the injections do hurt! I agree with everyone else that it does help to take out of the fridge for about 20 minutes. It is much better to have 10 seconds of stinging and burning than the every day pain of RA. I am only 35 years old, and the thought of having to take these the rest of my life is not fun but the thought of living with severe pain is even worse!
nope i still get nervous before every single injection. yet i can give blood & not even flinch. my husband does the injections for me & i cringe more so after because of how badly it stings.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a Public Health Advisory to alert consumers, patients, health care professionals, and caregivers about potentially serious and life-threatening side effects from the improper use of skin numbing products. The products, also known as topical anesthetics, are available in over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription forms.
Skin numbing products are used to desensitize nerve endings that lie near the surface of the skin, causing a numbness of the skin. These topical anesthetics contain anesthetic drugs such as lidocaine, tetracaine, benzocaine, and prilocaine in a cream, ointment, or gel. When applied to the skin surface, they can be absorbed into the blood stream and, if used improperly, may cause life-threatening side effects, such as irregular heartbeat, seizures, breathing difficulties, coma, or even death. FDA has received reports of adverse events and deaths of two women who used topical anesthetics before laser hair removal. In February 2007, the FDA issued a Public Health Advisory - “Life-Threatening Side Effects with the Use of Skin Products containing Numbing Ingredients for Cosmetic Procedures,” to warn consumers about these products.
Patients for whom an over-the-counter or prescription topical anesthetic is recommended should consider using a topical anesthetic that contains the lowest amount possible of medication that will relieve your pain. Also, health care professionals should determine whether adequate pain relief can be safely achieved with a topical anesthetic, or whether a different treatment would be more appropriate.
The FDA strongly advises consumers not to:
When skin temperature increases, the amount of anesthetic reaching the blood stream is unpredictable and the risk of life-threatening side effects increases with greater amounts of lidocaine in the blood.
A recently published study in Radiology
looked at women taking acetaminophen and ibuprofen by mouth versus
applying lidocaine gel, a topical anesthetic, to the skin to decrease
discomfort during mammography. The lidocaine gel was applied to a wide
skin surface area and then covered with plastic wrap. There were no
serious or life-threatening side effects reported in the study, nor
were any reported when FDA discussed the results with the doctor who
performed the study. The study results favored the use of lidocaine as
there was significantly less discomfort than with the plain gel or oral
acetaminophen or ibuprofen. However, given the life-threatening side
effects associated with the use of topical anesthetics during laser
hair removal, FDA is concerned that similar side effects could occur
when topical anesthetics are used during mammography. Further, the
study was small and it is possible that a larger study might show
different findings.
Patients should talk with their health care
professional if they are considering using a topical anesthetic before
a mammogram. The following summarizes advice for patients if a topical
anesthetic is recommended for their use:
Consumers and health care
professionals may report adverse events to the FDA's MedWatch program
at 800-FDA-1088, by mail at MedWatch, HF-2, FDA, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Md 20852-9787, or online at www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm.
To read the FDA’s 2009 Public Health Advisory, go to: http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/advisory/topical_anesthetics2009.htm
To read the FDA’s 2007 Public Health Advisory, go to: http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/advisory/topical_anesthetics.htm
I've been on Humira 2 years. I put on a prescription topical anesthetic called Lidocaine/Prilicaine Cream 2.5%/2.5% 1 hour before injection and take out the syringe at the same time. Give the injection very slowly and stop when it hurts the start again. Hope this helps.