So I'm pretty used to injecting Enbrel. I've been doing it for 9 years now (I just counted - yikes! 9 years!) and I don't really think about it anymore.
Tonight I must have gotten the angle wrong or something, because I suddenly noticed that as I pushed down the plunger, the drug was bubbling back up through my pores! I've never seen it do that before. Hundreds of dollars, sliding down my leg. Oops.
I'm guessing I jabbed it in at less than the recommended 45 degree angle, and it ended up too close to the surface of my skin. I will pay more attention next time - no more injections while I'm watching TV/talking on the phone/in the middle of the night when I'm half asleep.
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I am always worried I am going to screw something up with Enbrel. When I lay it out, I have a huge fear I am going to forget about and find it two days later or something. It is just too expensive. Sorry about your mishap.
Ug! How frustrating! I have done what Cathy is afraid of myself - left it out until it was too warm. Such a bummer!
I actually left an entire box of Enbrel in a hot car for over an hour (I KNOW. Horrible.). When I called the Enbrel hotline I was told that it should still be fine, and that the guidelines for keeping it cold are much stricter than they need to be. The representative I talked to said they just don't want people leaving it out all day, but that it should be ok for up to 4 hours.
Since then, I don't worry quite as much about temperature (although I have never forgotten it in the car again, that's for sure!).
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