Switching to Intramuscular Injections

Krrygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Transfem@lemmy.blahaj.zone – 24 points –

At my last telehealth appointment, I asked my provider if I could switch to injections after reading some advice on here. Taking the strain off of my liver seems like it can only be a good thing!

I am scheduled for an instructional appointment tomorrow morning to learn how to administer them properly. Nervous, but looking forward to the change!

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I think the product is called AutoJect! I looked into it when I was planning and researching starting HRT. I’m not on injections yet, but if I ever am I would get that. Basically turns a normal syringe into an epi-pen type auto-injector. From what I can tell they are reusable and take a lot of the haste out. Designed generally for kids that need to be able to administer their own insulin I think.

EDIT: See below comment for the exact right product, the one I new of was for slightly different use cases.

Looks like that one is for subcutaneous only, but Union Medico makes a similar product for IM

Thanks for double checking me on that!! I will be bookmarking that one instead!!

For sure!

Picked one of them up for myself, along with a giant box of 1ml syringes, when I started injections. Totally recommend, works great

I just gave that one a look! It seems like it would be great, I'd love to not actually have to do the poking myself lol. Where did you buy it? Haven't found a source online yet