i have to have b shots every day in the arm thats fine and really it doesnt bother me /

but does any of one get magnesim shots in the rear.

its supose to go into the muscle and since i take them every three days/ im finding it still hurts.

maybe.

im not doing right/

did anyone of you have these?
and
how did you give to yourself without much discomfort.feels like a bee sting for a few mins then hurts for a day or so./ sometimes even longer.

also itches too

if there is another muscle that is less painful maybe? i would try but im afraid to try.

nobody showed us how to do this/

they just told us over phone/ were to put it and that the b goes 45 angle /and magn straight into muscle

but no-one says how fast or how slow to put it in
any help would be great

i am one to take much pain but theses suckers hurt for long time and one more thing how fast do you push it in ?

this i great i have hubby do butt shot/ and boy after iv for year and all the trouble with picc line he gets kind of woozie

this outa take him right over the edge if i tell him to pull up and check for blood/

ill be picking him up off the floor__LOL/
thank you i am a little releived/

do you also take every three days/
thank debbie

I don't know about magnesium shots at all. So what I'm telling you may not apply to magnesium.

But I have had 180 Rocephin injections which my poor husband gave me. These were given VERY slow-----like 3 or 4 minutes.

If it started pinching, it was stopped until the pain was gone & then resumed. But of course, these were mixed with 1% Xylocaine or I couldn't have done them at all.

I give myself B12 injections with a tiny insulin syringe (which are great). I also give them very slowly. It makes a great difference.

But if the magnesium shots burn like Wild Condor said, then I don't know if that will help.

My husband also gave me weekly glutathione with ATP injections in the thigh. Gosh, they burned like fire for just a minute.

Actually, the needle was huge. I should have used an insulin syringe as suggested by a compounding pharmacist that sells glutathione injections.

But I purchased the shots at the doctor's office. So I just used their big needle. I soon got tired of the needle in the thigh. Too much for me.

Hope some others come along with other tips.

but it still does not help with mag /

but as long as i now it is not unusal to hurt

im not as worried about if i am doing it wrong =

I bought a 5% lidocaine from a Canadian website. In the US it is only 2%.

Sorry the shots are such a pain the butt.

or when i think of hip i think on my side and in- between hipbone and butt.is that ok
is that good enough muscle

and the needles are real small hubby has trouble putting magnesium in syrnge because of thickness.

maybe wrong needle too/

and

what the heck is that other stuff you said to put on first xylocaine.

/where do i get it and how fast do you put the meds in real fast? med fast? or real slow?

and just so you know

i have not received either one of these shots by any nurse or doctor./
ever!

we call my nurse but she has not come back since i have taken a break on iv./

even though she doesnt even know it yet.

they are not used to someone being on iv for a year/
so they just get tired of me.

and stop calling . oh well im used to that they know nothing about lyme
just its some diease that is from a tick.?? anyway?

we are doing this all by ourselfs from begining.

if i had received shot first from office i would of at least have known they are suppose to hurt/

but when doing by ones self you really dont know what to expect or what is the right reaction

The above link is a very good source of info on giving IM injections. They also include info on the amount of fluid that can be injected per site. Do not give the magnesium injection in your arm, it is too much fluid for that site.

The size needle I use for my IM injections is 3ml 25g1.

The xylocaine that I mentioned is a numbing medicine that they use prior to giving stitches. You need a prescription to get it. You would draw up 1/2 ml of xylocaine first, then draw up the magnesium in the same syringe. It is stored in the refrigerator to prevent the formation of crystals, which would add to the irratation in the muscle. We just draw up the med and let it sit in the syringe at room temperature for 10 minutes.

Magnesium should be given fairly slowly because it is a lot of fluid, but not 3-4 minutes like other shots. Just push steadily on the plunger in a slow manner.

Hope this info helps,
Karen

If you are switching to a smaller needle thinking this will make the shots more comfortable, make sure the ones you are using are long enough.

If the needle is not quite long enough and the injection goes into either fat or in the muscle but shallow you will have more discomfort. Deep into the muscle is more comfortable, strange as that may sound.

Regarding the guage of the needle, you will find there is very little difference in comfort between very skinny needles and larger ones *IF* they are sharp.

You will want to use a large enough guage to allow the thick liquid to pass through reasonably well without clogging.

Also, when you insert a needle through a rubber stopper to draw up medicine it dulls the point, sometimes alot. Get some extra needles and put on a new one to give the shot.

I give myself a vit. b12 shot every other day in my thigh muscle.

I go back and forth on my thighs. My nurse showed me how to do it. She said to have the needle go straight in, then pull up a little to check for blood, then quickly pull up and out!

It's like a quick bee sting but my thighs are never sore afterwards.

I did have Roc. shots like RECIPEGIRL which hurt ALOT!!!

I also had Bicillin shots too---OUCH!! But I was allergic to them so I had to stop that.

Good Luck!!!

guiney