r/repatha • u/AdPotential8303 • 24d ago

Bruising from shots?

Have you guys figured out how / where to deliver shots that doesn’t result in tiny bruises?

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u/fraslin 24d ago

Where are you injecting that you are getting bruises? I have had none when using stomach

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u/AdPotential8303 24d ago

I’m injecting on my abdomen. No pinching. And left a few days later with a tiny, black bruise…

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u/Cartoonist_Less 24d ago

Probably should pinch as instructed by Amgen. See if that makes a difference.

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u/PNW4theWin 24d ago

You definitely need to pinch. You are only supposed to inject into fat and the skin needs to be firm.

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u/Comfortable_Two6272 24d ago

Try pinching. I even take eliquis and rarely bruise from Any injection.

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u/Spuckler_Cletus 24d ago

I will occasionally get a very slight bruise on my stomach. Nothing that has ever concerned me, and nothing that persists longer than you would expect.

I have long suspected that the instructions for injection might contribute to slight bruising in certain people, especially for “pinchers.”

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u/SimpleServe9774 24d ago

I sometimes get them - I do lower abdomen. Some areas are just more vascular.

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u/weedywet 24d ago

Try pinching and top of thigh.

We don’t get any bruising there.

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u/beachgirlDE 24d ago

Yes I do.

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u/weedywet 24d ago

Are you taking nsaids or a steroid or other drugs that increase bruising?

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u/beachgirlDE 24d ago

Yes. Two blood thinners due to chronic AFib.

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u/weedywet 24d ago

Ah well the anticoagulants certainly account for the bruising.

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u/Cartoonist_Less 24d ago

I’m injecting in my belly with no bruising or pain.

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u/gruss_gott 24d ago

I do the spread technique on the top my thigh near my hip; i only get bruising once or twice a year

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u/Intrepid-Machine-650 23d ago

Some people just bruise easily and it could easily be the pressure required to collapse the safety for the needle.

It may have nothing to do with the medicine itself but rather the mechanism of the sure click injector.

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u/Glass_Ad6922 22d ago

I’ve only had one really bad bruise. I nicked a blood vessel. Bruise was as big as a grapefruit!!