Hit a vein?

[Bill1028]

I think that I hit a vein with the procrit shot last night.  After injecting, the site protruded about the amount of the injection and it went down in one half hour.  This morning the site is black and blue about 1 inch wide and 3 inches long.  I normally do not have any site irritation with procrit or peg.  The good news is that it didn't kill me, but did the procrit get to where it supposed to go.  Did anyone else experience this?

[GoofyDad]

Ypu. I had a number of issues with the procrit. Very nerve racking -- I know. The consensus I got was you're fine; it got where it needs to go -- but overall you should try to avoid repeats. Be sure to do the needle at the 45 degree angle, and inject slowly. Avoid that area (on both sides of the body) in the future. When I hit a problem, I pulled out and looked for more fertile ground elsewhere.... but that's enough about my dating life....

Seriously, they don't recommend it, but when I found the procrit wasn't going right, I yanked and moved to another spot.

Good luck and take it easy.....

[nitramog]

I do allot of insulin shots every day I put a small touch of back presser on the syringe if I hit a vain it shows blood

[NYCMark]

Even if you hit a vein, the Procrit got where it is supposed to. Folks on hemodialysis for kidney failure routinely get Procrit, and they get it directly into their vein access.
Still, its good to pull out if you get a blood flash by pulling back gently on the syringe and trying another spot.

Mark

[Bill1028]

Thanks, I got lazy and I'll go back to the old pull back.