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Originally Posted by looneycat
today my wife went for her last visit to advanced Dermatology to pick up her records and get her last dose of Stelara from them, she waas informed she could self inject it...was given her records and a syringe. She was NOT given any instruction on how to inject this shot as REQUIRED by the manufacturer for self injection, just here's your stuff, goodbye. Needless to say something went wrong and an $8,000 drug wound up wasted. happily my lawyer says we have a good basis for a malpractice suit. good riddance to a terrible practice.
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WOW, what an awful experience. According to this link, the first self-injection is suppossed to be supervised by a medical practicioner. You have to keep Stelara refrigerated and then let it come to room temperature before injecting. Lots of things need to be explained..like where to inject...must be injected at a 45 degree angle etc. I'm shocked that they would just give your wife a syringe without instructions. How about disposal of the syringe...you are NOT supposed to just throw it in the regular garbage. Hope your wife is OK.
Stelara Official FDA information, side effects and uses.