Not sure what to do - I've been on copaxone for 3 weeks now without too much incident other than a small lump post 2 days or so. Depending on the site, it generally goes away in about a week. Massaging day after is not doing the trick.
Today was the first I tried icing after injection due to the extreme pain I've had since day one. I normally heat site for 5-10 min before injecting, inject and count to 10 before removing syringe (autoinject), and gently press with cotton ball for 30 seconds post-injection, then apply my chickweed salve to keep the itch away. Today, I also added icing after this.
Throughout the day, I've experienced itching like never before even though I followed all steps. I now have an egg-sized, hard, itchy, red, hot lump at today's injection site AND every site I've injected this week is raised lump, red, hot, and itchy. On top of that, I have had a fever all day and slight headache.
Is something wrong, or is this normal? I also started gabapentin for pain three days ago - drug interaction?
I'm thinking I'm going to start every other day with the copaxone. Has this worked ok for anyone?
All I know is I'm NOT doing an injection tomorrow!
Today was the first I tried icing after injection due to the extreme pain I've had since day one. I normally heat site for 5-10 min before injecting, inject and count to 10 before removing syringe (autoinject), and gently press with cotton ball for 30 seconds post-injection, then apply my chickweed salve to keep the itch away. Today, I also added icing after this.
Throughout the day, I've experienced itching like never before even though I followed all steps. I now have an egg-sized, hard, itchy, red, hot lump at today's injection site AND every site I've injected this week is raised lump, red, hot, and itchy. On top of that, I have had a fever all day and slight headache.
Is something wrong, or is this normal? I also started gabapentin for pain three days ago - drug interaction?
I'm thinking I'm going to start every other day with the copaxone. Has this worked ok for anyone?
All I know is I'm NOT doing an injection tomorrow!
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