Growth Hormone Injections...?

Question

I tAKE IT EVERY night and I don't really like them. Does anyone take it? How can I make them hurt less?

Answer 1

Automatic needle insertion diminishes pain during growth hormone injection.

Main KM, Jorgensen JT, Hertel NT, Jensen S, Jakobsen L.

Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen Denmark.

Non-compliance in children receiving growth hormone (GH) treatment is often caused by pain on injection and difficulties in administration of GH. It has been suggested that automatic needle insertion diminishes pain perception. We quantitatively measured pain intensity on injection with two prototype pens for GH administration, providing either manual or automatic sc needle insertion, using a combined visual analogue/facial scale and a five-item scale in 18 children. With the automatic pen there was a significantly lower maximum pain score compared with the manual pen (median 28.5 versus 52.0 mm) as well as a lower mean pain score (mean 13.7 versus 23.5 mm). The five-item scale revealed that automatic needle insertion was significantly less painful than manual insertion and 13 patients chose to continue treatment with the automatic pen. In conclusion, pain during GH injection can be significantly diminished by automatic needle insertion, which may improve compliance in long-term GH treatment.

Answer 2

Cough!

German researchers have discovered that coughing during an injection can lessen the pain of the needle stick. According to Taras Usichenko, author of a study on the phenomenon, the trick causes a sudden, temporary rise in pressure in the chest and spinal canal, inhibiting the pain-conducting structures of the spinal cord.

Answer 3

you can break your finger. that will make it hurt less.