Let's talk Lovenox

[thatDEgirl 1]

I didn't have lovenox but I had heparin shots, 1 right before my surgery and 2 or 3 before I got discharged. Those hurt worse than any other *stick* i have ever had...and this is from a person that breezed through a bone marrow biopsy.

[RestlessMonkey 7]

Lovenox is supposed to hurt less than heparin, and bruise less. The dose is actually prepackaged with a small air bubble that does the trick; (and it is too minute to do any damage) but most nurses are taught to get rid of ALL air bubbles and so can actually bypass the "innovention" of of lovenox. Even if the shot hurts, though, (lovenox or heparin) it beats getting a clot. Those things can kill you. The pain from the shot goes away!

[Carrie_C 9]

I didn't feel anything from the actual needle. But a few seconds later it felt like a really bad bee sting. But I had actually forgotten about it until now.