prefilled syringe ? 1ml or .5

[1st shot]

I just took my 1st injection and my copegus.   No side yet.  its only been 2 hours thou.  
 i am confused thou on my prescription it says to inject 1ml i have the prefilled syringes and on the syringe it says it is .5 ml or 180 ug  i know the nurse said1 a week,  i just did one.  i sure hope the ### i only do one.  i am sure the prefilled or filled with the maxxium dose.  does anyone know?  

[Penney]

Call your nurse!  If you are confused on the doses, she will be able to help you.  I take 1m a week.  But my injections are not prefilled, I fill them myself.

Good luck!
Let us know what happens for #2!

[Goo]

I actually have an answer for this!  For my husband's first 4 week prescription he had to fill the injection himself.  It was 1.0 ~ the next prescription came prefilled but it was at the .5 amount.  We were  thoroughly confused.  I immediately called the nurse and she too seemed baffled.  Apparently, the prefilled syringes are more concentrated, so the .5 does indeed equal the 1.0 that you fill yourself.  According to our nurse/insurance, they will only be available prefilled from now on.  It took the nurse a day to clear this up and get back to me, but she said she was glad to know that someone actually listened to her speeches and read the boxes!  We were the first ones to call and question her.  She said it would nice if the pharmaceutical companies let the doc's know of these changes in advance!

Good luck with your first shot!

[diwil]

goo

i got with my nurse to she had not heard of this she called the drug place and then she called me back she could not beleive it either they need to work on that info someone might inject two  

[Jackie]

That is so dangerous! They need to communicate before someone does get hurt or worse! Glad ya'll are on top of it.

Good luck with tx!

Jackie

[todd]

Pegintron comes in 4 different strengths. It is confusing isn't it?