I'm a newbie to Copaxone having started three weeks ago. I'm using the autoject (not good with needles at all). The Copaxone nurse who came out to train me suggested setting the autoject at 6 and that's what I've used everywhere. The site she trained me on injecting was my right arm (I'm right handed) and didn't discuss any other sites.
At first, my site reactions were the stinging and some pain within a couple minutes of injecting that depending on the site would last up to about 2 hours. Everything disappeared by morning.
Yesterday morning I woke up with red marks, hot to touch and a bruised feeling to touch for the three prior night's sites (arm, stomach and thigh). Today all are reduced except the arm from two nights ago which is now itching. I inject at night, use the alcohol swab but wait until it dries to inject. Calls to Shared Solutions are worthless because all they seem to do is quote the results of studies.
I have questions about injecting to reduce these side effects. Should I be using different autoject settings at different sites? If so, what would you recommend? I am average size for a 49 yo. I can pinch a bit on my stomach and have larger thighs, but not huge. My arms have something to inject into, but are not huge either.
My second question is, when you do the injections with autoject, should you pinch the skin where you can and inject? If so, when do you let go pinching and does it help?
At first, my site reactions were the stinging and some pain within a couple minutes of injecting that depending on the site would last up to about 2 hours. Everything disappeared by morning.
Yesterday morning I woke up with red marks, hot to touch and a bruised feeling to touch for the three prior night's sites (arm, stomach and thigh). Today all are reduced except the arm from two nights ago which is now itching. I inject at night, use the alcohol swab but wait until it dries to inject. Calls to Shared Solutions are worthless because all they seem to do is quote the results of studies.
I have questions about injecting to reduce these side effects. Should I be using different autoject settings at different sites? If so, what would you recommend? I am average size for a 49 yo. I can pinch a bit on my stomach and have larger thighs, but not huge. My arms have something to inject into, but are not huge either.
My second question is, when you do the injections with autoject, should you pinch the skin where you can and inject? If so, when do you let go pinching and does it help?
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