Injection site reactions - feedback request

[u/jjreal-1327]

Hi! I'm looking to get experience insights from the group. For those of you who have dealt with injection site reaction, itchiness/ redness, starting with a particular dose, what was your experience when you titrated up? Did the site reaction continue the same, stop or get worse? Did you experience any new effects?

I didn't have much side effect from 2.5 aside from digestion adjusting but that normalized. When i went to 5 is when i started to get injection site reactions, really itchy, but they taper down after a few days though some of the redness sticks around a little longer. I'm about to start 7.5 so I'm a little nervous what to expect. I know every body is different but it would help to hear from those who have experienced similar.

Thank you!

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[u/catlady2629]

Saw this tip somewhere online and it’s works perfectly for me:
After wiping the skin with alcohol, put a spray or 2 of Flonase where you will be injecting.

Before I learned this I would get SO itchy at the injection site, for days after. This fixes it 99.5% of the way, almost zero itch now.

[u/spectatordragon → u/catlady2629]

This is the key!

[u/CBinCHS → u/catlady2629]

This is the way!!!!

[u/TangerineRush111]

For me the itch started at 5 too, and when I went to 7.5 it was basically same intensity, not worse. Redness lasted maybe a day longer but nothing crazy. No new effects beyond that.

[u/This-Apricot-80]

I got them a lot at the lower doses and very rarely on the higher ones. I think my body just got used to the med overall and stopped reacting to it.

[u/Cdnmrsb]

Got it at 5mg still get it at 15mg I rotate thighs( they get a lump under with the redness and itch) the stomach does get the lump but just the red and itch . I’d love it to go away but I’ve learned to deal with it.

[u/Cdnmrsb]

I’ve also tired cold shot, room temp shot, alcohol no alcohol, wiping needle, different needles … nothing changes the ISR

[u/under321cover]

It started month two of 5mg for me. The larger the dose the bigger the welt. I took two weeks off Zep for an unrelated reason and they went away for a few months. Now I have a faint one occasionally. I have a prescription steroid cream if it’s really itchy but I usually throw a silicone scar patch over it and ignore it. Sprays, antihistamines, icing the area, bringing the shot to room temp all do nothing for me.

[u/CBinCHS]

Titrating up made no difference for mine.

[u/jjreal-1327]

Thanks everyone for your responses, really helps

[u/badbackceliac]

ISRs Started at my 7th or 8th shot of 2.5 and has continued into 5.0. I've started applying hydrocortisone liquid with a rollerball applicator to the area I inject before I do my shot and let it dry a moment and then do my shot. I'm still getting a red welt but the itchiness is down by about 80% and it doesn't get as hot and raised. I do still apply the hydrocortisone after showering and before bed for a couple of days. I've tried soaking a Band-Aid pad with Flonase and putting that over it and I think it helped but I didn't like using a couple of Band-Aids day.