hi all
Done my first Brabio injection this morning with the nurse watching.
I found the auto injector pen I bit hard to set up, sure that will become easy though.
Injected in stomach, red area for about 1 hour after but now ok.
Done just over 1 year from starting with numb face to first treatment.
Hi TB1, I’m sure it will get easier as time goes on. Good luck.
I know this sounds weird, but it does feel more real now that I do have MS.
But i also feel that I am fighting back now a little too.
Well done. I hope that all goes well for you.
thank you
I’ve been on Brabio for a few years and copaxone (same drug different brand) for 10 years prior to that.
I find it difficult to set the depth of the auto inject so that it’s deep enough for areas where the skin is thicker (typically more fatty) and also shallower where thinner.
It seems like a red patch is likely if injected too shallow, I assume because some of the liquid has ended up within the skin, rather than subcutaneously. Conversely, injecting too deep can be painful for an hour or two. You’ll know when you get the right depth.
A few year’s ago, I mistakenly injected way too shallowly in my upper leg (4 mm). I wouldn’t recommend this. The liquid was injected mid cutaneously and ruptured the top layer of skin. I still have the scars. Anyway, this was down to my stupidity. This will not happen to you as long as you check depth before injecting.
Good luck,
Lawrence
i have started to manually inject now. Find it leaves less redness
Ahh… i am really struggling with Brabio…its been a month only and my legs and arm are messed up. I am fairly small so the nurse told me to inject at 4mm… it hurts for at least an hour afterwards and it goes red and hard. The hardness doesnt go away now for days and im running out of space where to inject :((
@dagnija
4mm is too shallow for me and I assume that’s because my layer of skin is thicker than yours.
I often get redness and hard lumps, the lumps lasting for many weeks. If I don’t avoid the lumps when injecting in the same area, the autoinject operates very slowly or not at all.
I seem to get more redness if I inject too shallow. I suggest that you increase the depth to 6mm, or even 8mm and try injecting in your stomach where the skin tends to be thicker. Talk to your nurse beforehand. Something else that may help is to plump up the skin where you are injecting.
Good luck.
Lawrence
I always manual inject now into stomach. Heat the injection first ( I put in bra for a few mins)
I take the injection out the fridge the day before.
Been lnjecting from June 23.
First 2 months i had redness and lumps but all ok now.
I’m too scared to inject in my stomach. Now more than before as the skin there is much more tender than on the thigh…it’s similar to the arm and, yea, one of my arms is messed up now because of the infection. Firstly it hurt for 3 hours afterwards and now for over a week i can’t lift it properly anymore without pain.
How do you plump up the skin??
Im really wanting to go off this treatment, its causing me way more grief every second day than MS ever did.
Im thinking to ask to be put on Kesmipta, it seems mire efficient and only once a month
Legs are so painful for me. Do you warm the injection first?
To plump up the skin, put a finger and thumb about 8cm apart over where you want to inject. Draw them together so that the skin between them becomes raised (plumped). This can be done on thighs and stomach, not sure about arms. I’ve given up injecting in arms because I found it awkward.
I find my stomach and back to be the easiest places to inject.
Good luck,
Lawrence