Oh that definitely does not sound good-yes you must ring them and tell them. Did you check to see if the needle cover had come away when you pulled the cap off?

hi Anne,

ohhh difficult one to know what to do eh.

let us know what Healthcare says .. i will be interested having just started on Humira.

Suzanne x

Thanks everyone.

Result: do another injection tonight!

Method of getting the answer:

Healthcare at Home
I rang Healthcare at Home and they said yes it sounded like it was faulty. Took a bit of a roundabout way... admin said yes it was faulty, they put me through to their pharmacy because 'they would know what to do about taking more or not!'. They didn't!!! Said I needed to phone the Hospital..... back to admin... they say they'll put my next order forward by 2 weeks and give me an extra pen. Later another guy phones to arrange another delivery... to which I said this had already been done! 10/10 for keenness. 3/10 for knowing what to do!!!

Hospital
Rang Rheummy nurse number but that says it can take 48 hours to get back to you. 1/10 Decided to bypass the system and phone the consultant's secretary (who I saw last Friday!). She put me through the anti-tnf admin - they grabbed a nice nurse... who said she'd ask my consultant - as I was visiting my father in law at the hospital anyway this afternoon - she said call in - ask for her and she'll have the answer ready. So I did! Answer was to have another dose and then carry on as I was. 10/10

Apparently as no one knew how much of the dose I may or may not have got - it had to be my consultant's decision as she knows my medical history. She obviously decided that a double dose/partial double dose would do me no harm (which I knew already as others are on double the dose!) - also she'd commented last week how it is the same dose no matter what size or weight you are - which is unusual for drugs... I'm on the larger size!!! - so that sounded fine. Still trying to lose weight!!!! Resisted the chocolate in the garage today!

So if anyone else has a problem - Healthcare at home will replace the syringe if they think it is faulty... but your consultant will have to decided if you need another dose. If the needle hadn't even gone through the skin - then I could have had another dose... but as it hurt (a lot) it did penetrate the skin.. but who knows where it went!!!

So now I am off out for the evening.. and will do it when I get home

Hope this doesn't happen to anyone else.. as it was a lot of phone calls!

Anne xxx

About to try 2nd dose of the week!!! Just letting it warm up.....

Anne