Reviewer: momma, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Pain of injection is well worth the trade off to being able to move and walk better. I have had the first two sets of shots and will be going for the 3rd set in two days.

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Pain of injection is well worth the trade off to being able to move and walk better. I have had the first two sets of shots and will be going for the 3rd set in two days.
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Reviewer: sam308, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Injections not covered by insurance-The three shots were not painful to me. My knee feel somewhat better in bending but now right side of knee hurts quite a bit-I still have pain that shoots up and down my leg. However, I can now sleep without a pillow between my knees at night but my knee still hurts when I set in a chair for very long or walk any length of time. Maybe if I give it a little lon ... Show Full Comment

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Injections not covered by insurance-The three shots were not painful to me. My knee feel somewhat better in bending but now right side of knee hurts quite a bit-I still have pain that shoots up and down my leg. However, I can now sleep without a pillow between my knees at night but my knee still hurts when I set in a chair for very long or walk any length of time. Maybe if I give it a little longer!(Its been a little over one month)
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Reviewer: healthnut, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I had my first injection today and almost fainted! It didn't hurt that much but the whole thought of it has made me sick all day. There is pain in my knee but I am willing to wait it out. Two more injections and I'm trying to figure out how NOT to faint when I get the other two....hope it works!

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I had my first injection today and almost fainted! It didn't hurt that much but the whole thought of it has made me sick all day. There is pain in my knee but I am willing to wait it out. Two more injections and I'm trying to figure out how NOT to faint when I get the other two....hope it works!
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Reviewer: Teacher2, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I just had my 2nd injection today. I cannot say that my lst injection was very painful. I did develop a lot of pain and discomfort that evening and lasted for 3 days. Today's injection was extremely painful! I didn't know if I wanted to throw up or pass out following the injection. My doctor said that if I do not get relief from this injection than there will be no point in doing the 3 ... Show Full Comment

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I just had my 2nd injection today. I cannot say that my lst injection was very painful. I did develop a lot of pain and discomfort that evening and lasted for 3 days. Today's injection was extremely painful! I didn't know if I wanted to throw up or pass out following the injection. My doctor said that if I do not get relief from this injection than there will be no point in doing the 3rd one next week. A lot will be determined on how I do this week as to whether I have the injection or schedule the tkr surgery.
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Reviewer: rstar90, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I fell on the side of my left knee in Jan '08. After 2 laproscopic surgeries to repair the meniscus, I'm still having pain and swelling. My doctor suggested the orthovisc injections. Well my first injection was very painful so before I had my 2nd injection, I took a pain pill he had prescribed to me months before. It worked tremendously.. no pain at all with the injection. So I took anothe ... Show Full Comment

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I fell on the side of my left knee in Jan '08. After 2 laproscopic surgeries to repair the meniscus, I'm still having pain and swelling. My doctor suggested the orthovisc injections. Well my first injection was very painful so before I had my 2nd injection, I took a pain pill he had prescribed to me months before. It worked tremendously.. no pain at all with the injection. So I took another one before my 3rd injection but it didn't help that time. It was HORRIBLE..very painful and I felt like I was going to pass out. It kept bleeding, I was asked to hold pressure on the site, I couldn't even hold my head up. My dr said 'I must of hit a vein'.. it felt like he hit everything he wasn't suppose too.. after going through all that, I really hope to see some improvement in my knee very soon. I'm not sure if I'll have these injections again, but if I do, I'll probably find another doctor to give them because that one 'needs to step away from the needles'. I'd hate to give these injections a bad name if it's the doctors fault.. During the injections, I could feel him rolling the needle round and round ( I guess to spread the gel?) has anyone experienced that with your injections?? Thanks for listening and if anyone has any suggestions, I'd like to hear them.. Thanks
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