TheHellWithItToday

Hi! I hope you are doing well.

My 8yr old son has been on somatropin now for a year and a half now for a known etiology. I think those needles look very similar to those my son uses, I think they're 32G. Do you remember if they felt painful to you in the beginning? My son requests lidocaine ointment every time and does cry when it's forgotten. Downright refuses the injection without it. Did you get used to it after a while or how did it work out? At what age did you start doing the injections yourself? In the beginning did the injection sites hurt after the injections for a while or not? What's the best way to make the injections less painful for a kid?

Just to let you know, I think the use of the medication has got my son stronger physically as well as we've seen positive growth.

Any side effects mentally or physically that you remember? Thanks! And have a nice day!

Hi, thanks a lot! I couldn't have thought of that placebo new painless needle thing. Thanks for letting me know that sometimes even for you the injection can still be painful, so we'll probably stick to lidocaine for the forseeable future. We were advised to inject to upper quads, not abdomen. I've had a course of heparin injections to stomach for a few weeks after a surgery and really didn't enjoy that. All the best to you too!

Never heard of that. Thank you!