Re: Need the low down on Humira

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It is recommended that you leave it out of the fridge for 20 mins to half an hour. That varies on what other people's doctors have told them. I leave mine out for 20 mins. My husband injects it slowly...I think it's better if he gives me a pinch where he's injecting so I feel less burn...sometimes it works...sometimes it doesn't. Some people use ice on it before an after. The needle itself does not hurt me at all......it's just the medication 2/3 of the way thru.

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-----Original Message-----From: Rheumatoid Arthritis [mailto:Rheumatoid Arthritis ]On Behalf Of aclavern33@...Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:07 PMundisclosed-recipients:Subject: Need the low down on Humira

I need all the tips to making this stuff go in easier. So please if you are taking or have taken humira..please send me your injection tips...cause I am hoping to get this in painlessly..cause if it hurts like every says..and the needles are dull too....there is no way this will work.

Toni

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thank you to everyone for you comments on humira. I am going to call

the patient line tomorrow once it arrives. I may try taking it

tomorrow nite. Wish me luck...

Toni

--- In Rheumatoid Arthritis , " Maggie " <meshouse@e...>

wrote:

>

> It is recommended that you leave it out of the fridge for 20 mins

to half an

> hour. That varies on what other people's doctors have told them. I

leave

> mine out for 20 mins. My husband injects it slowly...I think it's

better if

> he gives me a pinch where he's injecting so I feel less

burn...sometimes it

> works...sometimes it doesn't. Some people use ice on it before an

after. The

> needle itself does not hurt me at all......it's just the medication

2/3 of

> the way thru.

>

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> Maggie

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: Rheumatoid Arthritis

> [mailto:Rheumatoid Arthritis ]On Behalf Of

aclavern33@a...

> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:07 PM

> undisclosed-recipients:

> Subject: Need the low down on Humira

>

>

> I need all the tips to making this stuff go in easier. So please

if you

> are taking or have taken humira..please send me your injection

tips...cause

> I am hoping to get this in painlessly..cause if it hurts like every

> says..and the needles are dull too....there is no way this will

work.

>

> Toni

>

[Guest guest]

First, not "everyone" says it hurts unbearably going in. My wife takes

the .85ml shots every 2 weeks. She says they burn "a little", but it's

not too bad. Of course I know that might not be the case for everyone.

Anyway, she just lets it sit out of the fridge to warm up for about 1/2

hour (that's supposed to ease the burning). Also, after you swab the

alchohol swab, let the alchohol dry - maybe for a minute or 2, because

if the alchohol gets under your skin it will cause a burning

sensation. Be sure not to touch the skin after you swab it, cause of

germs.

It's really not that bad. My wife worried and fretted over it for like

3 months before she took the first injection, and she says all that

fear and worry was wasted because it's not that bad.

I wish you well...

Don

aclavern33@... wrote:

I need all the tips to making this stuff go in easier. So

please if you are taking or have taken humira..please send me your

injection tips...cause I am hoping to get this in painlessly..cause if

it hurts like every says..and the needles are dull too....there is no

way this will work.

Toni

[Guest guest]

Everyone I have talked to that has used this med says it burns..now

burning to me is pain..which I translate into " hurt " . I would love

to hear from your wife on her experience since she is the one using

the drug.

Toni

>

> > I need all the tips to making this stuff go in easier. So please

if

> > you are taking or have taken humira..please send me your

injection

> > tips...cause I am hoping to get this in painlessly..cause if it

hurts

> > like every says..and the needles are dull too....there is no way

this

> > will work.

> >

> > Toni

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I inject every two weeks. I find that it does burn a little more if I

inject it higher in the belly. It's all under the belly button but if

I do it lower in the belly, it doesn't seem to burn as much. I do

take it out of the fridge for at least 15 minutes (no more than 25

minutes) before injecting as the instructions say. I thought it would

be more difficult and painful then it really is - it's not really a

problem and I can tell a difference in terms of stiffness.

susan

>

> I need all the tips to making this stuff go in easier. So please

if you are

> taking or have taken humira..please send me your injection

tips...cause I am

> hoping to get this in painlessly..cause if it hurts like every

says..and the

> needles are dull too....there is no way this will work.

>

> Toni

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/3/2006 9:14:11 PM Central Standard Time,

aclavern33@... writes:

I need all the tips to making this stuff go in easier. So please if you

are

taking or have taken humira..please send me your injection tips...cause I

am

hoping to get this in painlessly..cause if it hurts like every says..and

the

needles are dull too....there is no way this will work.

Toni, i'm taking Humira and might be able to help. Try using an ice pack on

the place where you are going to give the injection. it will numb the area

so youdont feel the needle as much. also. i was told you can let it sit 15

mins so it can get to room temp. Once you have the needle in, do it slowly. I

know it stings, believe me. So i do it like this: While you inject the medicine

in count 1, 2, 3,.. then wait a few seconds for it to subside and then

continue till the medicne is gone. It may take longer than you'd like but it

gets

in there. Where do you put yours? I have to use my thighs since i have a

plethera of strech marks on my tummy yuk i know. hugs hope i could help.

[Guest guest]

Hey there,

My name is Missy and my daughter, , is six years old and takes MTX shots.

I use a cream called EMLA or LMX that numbs the site. You could try that. You

leave the cream on with a tegaderm clear pressure patch (Imagine a 2x2 clear

bandaid) for about a half hour and then the site is numb. I also found 31 gauge

mini needle syringes. They are so tiny they barely go through the rubber top of

the MTX bottles. But since the MTX is such a thin liquid it flows fine - just

takes a few seconds to draw it up. Regular insulin needles are 29 gauge I think,

so these are even tinier. I'm not sure if the humira is already prepackaged in

syringes. If so, try the EMLA. You can get it online I think, but I just get a

RX from the Pediatric Rheumatologist. My philosophy is (if it doesn't have to

hurt, why should it?)lol We're talking about my baby here. I had to find

those 32 g. needles, they prescribed 29. I couldn't understand why they didn't

just automatically prescribe the smallest they

make??? Who knows. I hope you have good luck.

p.s. I have read on this site some people say to make it room temp and inj

slowly - may help.

Missy

aclavern33@... wrote:

I need all the tips to making this stuff go in easier. So please if you are

taking or have taken humira..please send me your injection tips...cause I am

hoping to get this in painlessly..cause if it hurts like every says..and the

needles are dull too....there is no way this will work.

Toni

[Guest guest]

Toni

I inject humira every week.

The needles are very sharp, don;t even feel them. I won't lie it does have a

burning sensation, but it is not that bad, really! Just take your humiria out of

the fridge, for about half hour, and inject slowly. i inject into my stomache.

ub WI

aclavern33@... wrote:

I need all the tips to making this stuff go in easier. So please if you are

taking or have taken humira..please send me your injection tips...cause I am

hoping to get this in painlessly..cause if it hurts like every says..and the

needles are dull too....there is no way this will work.

Toni

[Guest guest]

Toni

I inject humira every week.

The needles are very sharp, don;t even feel them. I won't lie it does have a

burning sensation, but it is not that bad, really! Just take your humiria out of

the fridge, for about half hour, and inject slowly. i inject into my stomache.

ub WI

aclavern33@... wrote:

I need all the tips to making this stuff go in easier. So please if you are

taking or have taken humira..please send me your injection tips...cause I am

hoping to get this in painlessly..cause if it hurts like every says..and the

needles are dull too....there is no way this will work.

Toni

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/4/2006 7:06:44 PM Central Standard Time,

marysue@... writes:

I too have a plethora of stretch marks on my tummy, too, but I inject

my Enbrel in my tummy. I just go in between the stretch marks, LOL. Sue

glad to know i'm not the only one. lol if i could find a spot i'll try it.

thanks!

[Guest guest]

Thank you for the info. Humira comes in pre-filled syringes. but I

can ask about the cream. I will see after the first injection what

its like.

I use to take MTX and I also got the 31 gauge insulin syringes as

well. The did real well for the MTX. I no longer take MTX due to

side effects.

Toni

> I need all the tips to making this stuff go in easier. So please

if you are

> taking or have taken humira..please send me your injection

tips...cause I am

> hoping to get this in painlessly..cause if it hurts like every

says..and the

> needles are dull too....there is no way this will work.

>

> Toni

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Don't be afraid. the injection is really not so bad. I inject every week. I

always use my stomach. I take a big pinch, insert and injects slowly. I keep

pinching until I am finished. I do know it helps if the humiria is room temp, I

usually leave mine out almost a half hour. Maybe it is just me, but since I do

mine in the morning I find it is better if I have a sparse breakfast that day.

in WI

N2kids@... wrote:

In a message dated 1/3/2006 9:14:11 PM Central Standard Time,

aclavern33@... writes:

I need all the tips to making this stuff go in easier. So please if you

are

taking or have taken humira..please send me your injection tips...cause I

am

hoping to get this in painlessly..cause if it hurts like every says..and

the

needles are dull too....there is no way this will work.

Toni, i'm taking Humira and might be able to help. Try using an ice pack on

the place where you are going to give the injection. it will numb the area

so youdont feel the needle as much. also. i was told you can let it sit 15

mins so it can get to room temp. Once you have the needle in, do it slowly. I

know it stings, believe me. So i do it like this: While you inject the medicine

in count 1, 2, 3,.. then wait a few seconds for it to subside and then

continue till the medicne is gone. It may take longer than you'd like but it

gets

in there. Where do you put yours? I have to use my thighs since i have a

plethera of strech marks on my tummy yuk i know. hugs hope i could help.

[Guest guest]

I too have a plethora of stretch marks on my tummy, too, but I inject

my Enbrel in my tummy. I just go in between the stretch marks, LOL. Sue

On Wednesday, January 4, 2006, at 05:30 PM, N2kids@... wrote:

> Where do you put yours? I have to use my thighs since i have a

> plethera of strech marks on my tummy yuk i know. hugs hope i could

> help.

[Guest guest]

Be sure that you're letting go with your other hand (not the hand

holding the needle!) before you push the plunger and inject the

medicine. (You only have to pinch the skin to put the needle in, and

then you can let go.) I was injecting it while still pinching and

the NP told me that I was injecting against pressure and that's why

it hurt so much. Now it still burns, but less so.

She also told me that you can take it out half an hour before.

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>

>

>

> In a message dated 1/4/2006 7:06:44 PM Central Standard Time,

> marysue@t... writes:

>

> I too have a plethora of stretch marks on my tummy, too, but I

inject

> my Enbrel in my tummy. I just go in between the stretch marks,

LOL. Sue

>

>

>

> glad to know i'm not the only one. lol if i could find a spot i'll

try it.

> thanks!

>

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