I soooo appreciate the design and manufacturing of this delivery system - I prefer it over the auto injectors - I was delighted when I opened my first dose and saw the grip system, so easy on the hands, even with stiffness and pain, its easy to grip - and made by Oxo - no wonder! hats off to this intelligent and winning collaboration
Hey mine, too. I've been on Remicade, Humira, Entyvio, and Enbrel in the last 10 years all with mixed results. I'll start this one next week. I'm so nervous whenever I start new meds. You'd think I'd be used to it by now. I hope you're doing well.
😢 I started on Remicade, but caught every stinking virus going around. Have been on Humira for about 7/8 years and it’s not working as well. I hate the thought of going on another biologic. But, I need to live my life and my grandchildren need their granny as long as possible. 🙂
I like your suggestion but its not a requirement to pinch - the needle should go in easily with or without. also, she demos a 45 degree angle but if you have ample adipose tissue, as I do, 90 degree angle works good, too
Thank you for clarifying that you don't have to get the air bubbles out. There is some confusion about this on people making there own videos how they inject& one does get the bubbles out. Then the other didn't. I'm getting my cimzia for 1st time Friday & I've done humira & enbrel pens so this one is a bit different but,looks fairly easy to inject. Seeing the needle is going to trip me out but,at this point I'm in so much pain from the RA I just want relief.
@@GemmaJohnshat yes, in the case of subcutaneous injections an air bubble is intentional and helps with the delivery of all of the medication from the syringe barrel. the time you would not want to inject an air bubble is if you are injecting into a vein, which is something people only do for illicit drugs when using them recreationally.
i used to do the auto injector embrel and then humera myself and i’ve been on this for a year and haven’t done it myself yet and now i don’t have a choice so give me luck hahahah
I have to inject my, and every time I do it, she cries a lot. It’s really hard on me cause I feel it’s my fault. We use the alcohol swab, and I inject an inch from her belly button. It’s two injections at a time. One on each side of her belly button. I honestly don’t know how to inject this so it doesn’t hurt her. After the injections she sits there groaning from the burning. Help please! She’s 28 year old. It’s so hard man..
I also don't agree with the lady in the video saying that it doesn't hurt. The medication is so thick, it feels like injecting a block into your tissue. I usually wait longer than 30 minutes for the liquid to get to room temperature and do the injection reaaaaally slowly so that the medication has a chance to disperse throughout the tissue before the next bit gets injected. It takes me about 5 minutes to inject fully. I usually also watch some comedy video here on youtube to distract me. There is also some relaxation music that has been developed to reduce painand anxiety by some university. I forget what it's called but you'll probably find it with a search here on yt.
This medication hasn't helped me at all. In fact, I think it has made my AS worse. I just switched over from Humira because it wasn't working as well as it once did, but it (Humira) was still far better than cimzia.
I am using the automatic device, I just have to put it on my leg and it does al the work. But trust me, it burns really hard... So the fact 'not paintfull ' is bullocks.
I use the syringe and I have to go reaaaally slow so the liquid has some time to disperse in the tissue before I inject the next bit. I've heard of haematomas at the injection site from other patients who use the pens.
I just learned this when I had my injection this morning, I was terrified and not at all prepared. It started to puff my skin up and I panicked and didn't finish the injection because I wasn't expecting it
