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I have used Apo-Go for more than seven years now, and though I'm a bit ambivalent to it, I would not want to be without it. It is a miracle drug for getting out of freezing episodes with foot cramps etc, but the pain when I inject it and the nausea that I experience once in a while (mostly when my stomach is empty and I'm really hungry, it seems) are the downsides. For me, the best place to inject is a 10cm/4" circular area around the navel. I try to use the trick that diabetics use, when I remember it, that is to choose the location by looking at the hour hand of my watch. That way you run less risk of putting the needle in a recently used and sore spot. I have also found 6mm or 1/4" needles that I can stick straight in since I am doing the injections myself and have trouble with "aiming" when I am off... And regarding the right and wrong way, a neuro once explained to me that the pain sensing nerve endings on our skin are fairly far apart, so with a bit of luck you can stick the needle in without hitting one, but most of the time you just have to live with a bit of pain when using Apo-Go... For me, the benefits by far outweigh the drawbacks. To avoid crash landings when the injection wears off, I usually take a half or a quarter of a Madopar Quick Mite (12-25mg LDopa) dissolved in water together with the injection, and that pill usually takes effect right before the injection wears off completely. (I take 1 1/4 Quick Mite every two hours as my standard dose, that is appx 63mg LDopa, and 100mg Tasmar + 3x0.18mg Sifrol/Pramipexol every six hours - Just so you have something to compare to.) If the freezing arrives less than thirty minutes before I'm supposed to take my next bunch of pills, I usually take the pills together with the injection and reset the alarm on my watch to two hours. /John 18/26/38 > we find that the least objectionable way is to grab a fold of the softer > part of the belly, right under the waist, midway between the side and the > naval, and while pinching lightly that fold of skin and fat with one hand, > stick the needle in with the other on a bit of a bias (rather than > straight in -- i.e., needle to skin NOT in 90 degrees). the injecting > itself should done at medium speed -- not be too fast or too slow. > > same technique works just as well on the fleshy part of the upper arm, > midway under the shoulder. > > APOKYN has an amazing effect on getting my PWP out of a freeze in about 7 > to 10 minutes. however, for what it's worth, he's stopped using the > shots altogether because he feels that the subsequent 'off' is much more > painful, intense, and harder to get out of. also, he finds that the > 'on' period that's brought on by the injection is too short in duration > (even when accompanied by sinemet) and doesn't quite feel like a regular > 'on.' > > hope this helps, > > ariela > > ----- Start Original Message ----- > Sent: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:08:23 +0100 > From: Alan Cromack <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Apo-Go > >> Hi there, >> I wonder if anyone here is using Apo-go pens. >> I could do with some advice in injecting. Sometimes when I inject my >> wife it causes pain and other times it does not. >> >> I wonder if there is a right way and a wrong way. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> Alan Cromack >> Scotland. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn