Welcome to the copaxone club.

Best tip is the PUSH straight down into the injection for 15 to 30 seconds after. Made a HUGE change in my lumps and level of post shot comfort.

DONT RUB DONT RUB DONT RUB. copaxone is made up of a sharp crystal type med, and rubbing it will break the crystals open and render them useless.

Upset that no one told me how much it stung in the first couple of weeks, and that it gets MUCH better pretty quickly. As the days click off, it turns from the huge old bee bite, into a normal I just had a shot sting. The PUSH really helps make it go deeper and feel better.

Magic was wiping the excess med off my skin after injection. a wet paper towel is standard post shot routine. it helped the intense burn stop. Heat or ice didnt matter in the early days, it just plain old stung for a while after the shot, and distraction was better than ice.

manual feels and reacts better in my world. AI is fine, just not for me.

After your first injection, call SS and get the shot wing! its a grip that you slide the needle through, and makes the wings at the top MUCH wider, and easier to hang onto for those tough to shoot areas. A fridge box is awesome! it protects your needles from being crushed or ending up under the potatoes all soggy. They have a nice ice gel pack that rocks!

Please let us know how you make out.