You may have already tried this, but a flonase type product sprayed on the skin (after alcohol wipe) right before injection can sometimes help with that type of ISR.No burning stinging but progressively larger more bothersome hot red itchy ISR. This week at 5mg it was 4" around, raised welt inside 2+ inches thigh, my stomach is such a mess recovering from every 5 day ISR. I'm just hoping it's not the TZ. I will be filtering moving forward everything.
I'm guessing because it's a steroid? Any OTC steroid cream would do the trick, probably?You may have already tried this, but a flonase type product sprayed on the skin (after alcohol wipe) right before injection can sometimes help with that type of ISR.
No burning stinging but progressively larger more bothersome hot red itchy ISR. This week at 5mg it was 4" around, raised welt inside 2+ inches thigh, my stomach is such a mess recovering from every 5 day ISR. I'm just hoping it's not the TZ. I will be filtering moving forward everything.
FWIW - I absolutely DESPISE the pain rating scale. It is so subjective. I honestly don't know how to rate my pain at all. Was it like my leg was being sawed off by a rusty spoon? No. Was it enough that I couldn't sleep and it was uncomfortable AF? Yes.
I had stinging with Amo 30. It was not a dull needle - at the time was using luer-lock needles and I switched out the needle to give the injection with a new needle and NOT the one I used to draw from the vial. Was not my bac water - I did an only bac water injection and had no issues. Product still worked.
Replacement AMO 30 leaves bruising or redness at injection site which I have not had previously at all but there is no burning on injection as long as I administer slow. Product still works but am hesitant to use it.
I also have an ISR with Aminos Research. These are the only 2 vendors I have tried. I am awaiting arrival and testing of Ronsen. I do not have an ISR with KPV or Glow just TZ.Weird, Amo is also the only source I've ever experienced an ISR from with any kind of subq injection as well. Interesting to note it's not just me.
I had a bruise from 1 injection on my stomach, but I think I had managed to hit some tiny vein or capillary or whatever. It lasted for a couple weeks and was ugly but didn’t hurt.Hallandale, Revive, Brooks - no stinging. Hallandale left a bit of bruise-feeling pain at the injection site for a few hours but no bruising was visible. Red Rock stings like crazy all through the injection and for about 10 minutes after. Coincidentally it's also the compound that's worked best for me and has had the cleanest "feel" in terms of the intended effects and the side effects.
This chart skips 5 and has two 3’s lolRegarding rating pain on 1-10 scale, I agree it's not very helpful unless patients rating their pain have the same understanding of what the numbers mean. Just asking for a number from 1-10 without definitions means everyone correlates the pain they are experiencing to the scale differently.
It is intended to apply to how your pain interrupts your ability to carry on your daily activities. Below is only one example of how the pain scale is broken up into mild, moderate, severe, and descriptions for each. What is always going to be subjective about any pain rating is how each individual experiences pain for similar events. However, if one persion can't get out of bed and is or is almost incoherent and delirious due to their pain and they say 10; and another person is able to still do daily activities but can feel pain while going about their day and also says 10, then that is due to different interpretations of what a 10 on the pain scale actually means when applied to daily activities.
Measuring Your Pain
The pain scale breaks up pain into levels from 1 to 10, which describe just how much your pain affects your daily activity. These levels are grouped together into Mild, Moderate, and Severe pain.
Mild pain may be annoying and noticeable, but it doesn’t keep you from performing normal activity. Specifically:
Moderate pain begins to get in the way of your daily life. Specifically:
- At level 1, pain may be barely noticeable and easily ignored.
- Level 2 pain is annoying and may flare into occasional stronger twinges.
- Pain at level 3 is distracting, but you can learn to adapt to it.
Severe pain can render you unable to perform normal activity. Specifically:
- You may be able to push level 4 pain aside for periods while involved in a task, but it is still very distracting.
- Level 5 pain can’t be ignored for more than a few minutes, but you can push through it with effort.
- At level 6, the pain may make it hard for you to concentrate on regular tasks.
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- At level 7, the pain demands your attention and prevents you from performing tasks. It may even interfere with your sleep.
- Level 8 pain is intense, limiting your physical activity and even making conversation difficult. Sleep is usually disrupted.
- Pain at level 9 leaves you unable to talk at all. You may just be moaning or crying uncontrollably.
- The greatest pain, level 10, leaves you bedridden, incoherent and even delirious.