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Personally I don't understand why so many people are so terrified of needles. Subcutaneous injection is so straightforward, even filling up the single use syrin
by connicpu 2y ago
Personally I don't understand why so many people are so terrified of needles. Subcutaneous injection is so straightforward, even filling up the single use syringes yourself. I've done that once a week for the past nearly 7 years. But still, from talking with other people who use similar pharmaceuticals to me, so many of them are terrified of needles to the point they choose less effective routes of administration, even though they wish they could have the benefits of the injection route.
- trogdor 2y ago>I don't understand why so many people are so terrified of needles. The fear associated with specific phobias is by definition extreme, unreasonable, and irrational. If you could understand it rationally, it wouldn’t be a phobia.
- Ekaros 2y agoPersonally I just don't particularly enjoy that type of pain... The type I associate with needles.
- johntb86 2y agoMaybe people just don't realize how little pain you can feel with a needle. I switched from the old formulation of humira to the new one (smaller needle and no citrate) and the difference is night and day. Before, I was dreading it every time (though objectively it didn't hurt that much), and after I sometimes don't even feel the needle.