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Subject: Re: How bad do antibiotic injections hurt?

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Ross

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Date Posted: Friday, January 20, 2012, 01:55: am
In reply to: mandi 's message, "How bad do antibiotic injections hurt?" on Saturday, April 23, 2011, 04:33: pm

i had a thick antibiotic shot and a co-steroid shot within an inch of each other in the same hip, hurt is an understatement. the co-steroid needle is nothing, but the medicine burns after. the antibiotic needle was an 18gauge needle, as in the same size as the gauge of my speaker wire to my stereo. the needle hurt and the medicine hurt for over 6 hours. i sickness seemed to disappear overnight, only to return the next day....even worse. 2 weeks later, i still have knots in my hip that make popping noises (3) when i left my knee and put it down. the popping is on the way down.
i would not recommend the shot unless you have no choice.

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Date Posted: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 03:44: pm

A young resident nurse gave me a shot in the butt when I had walking pneumonia back in my late 20s. I believe it was erythamycin or something, I may be wrong. She told me it was going to be a little uncomfortable, that was an understatement. I dropped my drawers half way and knelt forward a little against the exam table. First came the coolness of the alcohol when she cleaned a spot on my left cheek. I didn't feel her stick me, but when she started pumping the antibiotic in it set my ass on fire. And there was so much of it, or maybe it was thick and took her longer to press it in, but it really hurt alot. She almost brought tears to my big proud ass and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I had a slight limp coming out into the waiting room and my girlfriend was like "what's wrong with you?". The whole way home, my left buttcheek felt like somebody had just touched it with red hot branding iron. My girlfriend laughed when I told her what happened. I was still pretty sore the next morning, but whatever was in that shot beat the hell out of my sickness. We went over to my parent's house the next day, and my girlfriend was fucking with me by smacking me on the the seat of my pants to see if I would jump. She knew I was too embarrassed to admit getting a shot in the butt.

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Rae
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Date Posted: Tuesday, April 03, 2012, 08:08: pm

Ha! I just got one today, and when I got back from it I decided to see if anyone else had had as awful an experience as me and came across this one. The nurse was very nice but definitely a liar. I'm terrified of needles and was already crying, so she told me it wouldn't hurt any more after one minute. Not even close! Like you, I barely felt the needle going in - enough to know it was but not real pain. But I sure as hell knew the moment the medicine started entering. Knocked the wind out of me. I limped out and am still limping around, and this was about five hours ago. Seriously hoping that it kicks the ear piercing infection I have by tomorrow morning or they'll want me to take it out.

And in response to anyone who comes across this and wonders how bad it really hurts - it hurts bad. I got it in the butt, and man, it burns. But it's not like a sharp sting (although there is that, too) - for me it felt like awful pressure, too. You can literally feel the medicine start to spread at first, very slowly and burning as it goes, and perhaps because it's so thick, it just feels like a horrible aching pressure for a good ten minutes after that. Mine was mixed with lidocaine and I can't even imagine what it would've felt like if it wasn't. So yes, prepare yourself, it's gonna kill and the nurse will probably lie about it. But if it clears you up as fast as I'm hoping it clears me up, it's very much worth it. (Not that I'll ever let them give me another one. Ever.)

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Re: How bad do antibiotic injections hurt?

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Paul (Ouch!)
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Date Posted: Monday, May 07, 2012, 01:33: am

I had one today for a cellulitis infection. I'm a 34yr old man and somewhat pride myself on my badassity. Holy shiite! After 6 hours of whining and 600 mg of ibuprofen, I think I'm going to live. I can't believe that shit is legal. It was like the nurse shoved a gas pump into my asscheek and pumped it full of death and lemon juice. I will have to be in pretty bad shape to endure that again. Definitely on my list of things that suck too bad to do twice.

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Author: Tim [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Monday, May 07, 2012, 02:14: am LOL....Thats why ia always say its better to take the pills and wait 2 days to get better......why add a new pain!!!!!! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

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Kenzie
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Date Posted: Saturday, March 28, 2015, 11:26: am

Agreed. Pain from shots going in and medicine then the cramps and sore in your legs and hips definitely five times worse than my strep. I think my throat looks worse than it feels because she stabbed six injections when it only hurts to swallow. Now im pumped up on painful antibiotics and going in for more today. Other rooms probably thought I was dying I was like crying is this necessary haha. Avoid if possible. If I cry frlm needles it means it's not a normal shot.

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Author: Nick [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: Monday, April 27, 2015, 05:14: pm I always regarded the treatment as swapping a sore throat for a sore bottom. At least a sore throat didn't render me unable to sit down! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]