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Humira - Forgot to check for blood vessels!

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Zoide

Hi,

I started injecting Humira some time ago. Today I realized that I forgot to pull the plunger to check for blood vessels before injecitng.

What is the chance that I did hit a vessel? If I did, what could happen?

Thanks
 
CDDad

CDDad

I don't know, but with the Humira Pen, there is no checking. Just press the button and it goes in. One time I had blood so I guess i hit a vessel.

My point is, if they sell the pen version, I imagine it's not a big deal.
 
Nica

Nica

I use the pen and have hit a blood vessel. If you did you would know it. It hurts, it bleeds, it scares the crap out of you. But harmless ( I called the humira line it was my first at home injection!)
 
E

effdee

I was on Humira (pen), so you can't check with that. I'm on Cimzia and I was told to pull the plunger back to check and to not do the injection if I did. I asked what difference it made since it was never mentioned with the Humira pens and I was told it's not big deal. I guess they're just covering all the legal bases. Hitting a blood vessel just hurts more and bleeds more. No major damage.
 
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