Copaxone self injecting...MY WAY!!!

Copaxone injections to assist in MS disease modifying therapy are easy with the "Autoinject 2". However they can burn after you inject. Like a bad bee sting.
I have reduced the sting by doing one simple thing.

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• MS
• Copaxone
• disease
• therapy
• health
• drugs
• medicine
• autoinjector
• needle
• syringe
• skin
• Multiple
• Sclerosis

[otakop67]

Regarding the fatigue, have you discussed Amantadine 100MG with your neurologist? I know someone who has MS, is taking Avonex and was getting hit VERY hard with fatigue especially in the early to mid afternoon. The Amantadine made a night and day difference with him with the very first dose (it also helped with muscle control in his legs). It might be worth your while to ask, if you haven't already considering the age of the video. Take care and god bless.

[vote4mikesummers]

@otakop67 I haven't spoke to my doctor about it yet. I am also diabetic and recently had a heart attack. Every day I take so many pills, I feel like a maraca.

[laudiumWP]

Im scared of that thing. I would rather inject myself without the auto-injector....Maybe the liquid is being injected too fast?!?!

[vote4mikesummers]

@laudiumWP Don't you worry about the autoinjector. It doesn't go in very far. And you won't get the pain. You can also do it your self.

You will need to set the depth depending on what sites you choose. If you get little welts like mosquito bites, set the depth a little deeper.

DO NOT GO TOO DEEP!! I manually injected an ab muscle on my first injection. THAT was unpleasant. I am hovering around 5 and going to 6 on the belly. Every once in a while when I shoot, I will hit a vein.

[vote4mikesummers]

@laudiumWP Don't worry. That's normal.

I find the autoinjector works really good. And I have been using it for a long time.

[bbchompers]

I can't tell you how thankful I was when I found this video. I hated that auto inject. Luckily, I work for an internist and he showed me how to inject myself without it. We were both baffled has to why copaxone tells you not to take out the air bubble. But it helps when you do! Not to mention the viscosity of copaxone is kind of thick. Syringe bevel up at an angle glides nicely into pinched skin. Inject slowly and it alleviates some of the discomfort. I also prefer to ice it afterwards.

[vote4mikesummers]

@vote4mikesummers I do right arm, right leg, right hip, right arm and right leg for example. Then pick the belly five times, same deal the left belly and finally 4 will rotate back and forth on arms and leg.

Hope that helps.

[vote4mikesummers]

@policefan1982 As long as you stay 2 inches away from the belly button you are fine. As you can tell, I have a big belly. More possible injection sites the nurse told me.

You can use the back of the arm and thighs too. I try not to repeat injections in the same areas.

I use a 1-2-3-4 rotation system. 1 is the right side. I inject to the limbs each day for five days. 2 is right gut. I can do all five there. 3 left gut and 4 left side. That also includes hips too.

[policefan1982]

I notice when I invert the syringe, sometimes the C flows easily back and forth in syringe, sometimes not. I know from working in a hospital, it was a good idea to pull empty syringe plunger back and forth before filling it - liquid would flow easier. I did not know how to load with cap off, so thank you.

one question - I thought abdomen injection was below the waist. looks like you are above the waist. Does it matter? 

[Jessecraft1954]

Thanks for sharing!