Ease the Pain of Your First Injection

Load Practice Syringes with Saline Solution

You'll want to experience pushing the plunger and delivering a dose without the pressure of giving real medicine. Don't use water, it stings, says Richard Levy, M.D., a pediatric endocrinologist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Ask your pharmacist for a sterile vial of saline solution, also called sodium chloride.

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