I have been on Peg for almost 6 months and although I have ran the gamut of sides, they have been manageable and I have maintained. I have a friend who was on Peg for 3 months but taken off because of blood results and is now on Pegasy, he finds the Pegasy more difficult to deal with. Guess it is the luck of the draw and highly individualized. I wish your husband luck.
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okay , you have 2 vials....he is taking what i took.....one is sterile water, one is the peg 'powder'...once you draw up the 7 units of sterile water, you THEN inject that water INTO THE PEG vial...thus mixing it all up....there is NO powder left to take back.....then, they are telling him to only draw up 4 units of the peg and inject that.....he can inject more, unless of course they are asking him to bring THAT vial BACK with the additional peg in it to confirm he is taking what he is supose to be taking....although....he CAN get around that too.....(these damn trials, bless them and curse them)......we'll talk!
opps...okay, just re thought this....i always drew up 7 units of water, (normal) to inject into the peg, i then withdrew 5 units of the mixture and injected that....but that was based on my weight and the 'amount' of meds for my body....125lbs....
now, without knowing what weight dose he is given its difficult to know what to suggest other than follow the trial orders....my box, and packaging, of meds was banded by a redish color....i didn't keep anything from my meds to refer back to...
yup powder...and ringy is correct mix with 7 shoot 5...sometime 5.5 in the beginning...sometimes 4.5 when numbers dropped...never did nueop or procrit
and if they want the lil bit left...just tell them you draw up more and squirt it out getting rid of bubbles...winkwink
the problem is that if they feel he is not following the protocol, they might drop him altogether. I don't think you are willing to chance that?
It is a risk participants take when they accept been part of a trial.
If they try to make their own rules, they might be out, so you have to think this through. as a trial participant, he does not call the shots, that is the big drawback. tread carefully.