So I now have access to Invega (Paliperidone) injections. I can buy a monthly dose of invega injections which I need 6mg (daily dose of medicine I take).
Can anyone please tell me any precautions while injecting the medicine? Please advise. Thanks so much!
I had a really good experience with the injections; they helped my symptoms without any noticeable side effects.
I had to quit taking them because my doctor doesn’t give injections (I was taking them when I was inpatient).
I wouldn’t mind going back on them, if I could.
I’m doing well on the invega trinza injection. I take 1 mg of abilify in the morning which lowers my prolactin levels (it cut them in half). I’m happy with this combo.
I did well on Invega injections, but it was a generic version. I took it for 7-8 months for a study.
What was the dose? I’m taking 6mg tablets of paliperidone (invega). What dosage would that correspond to for injections? I’m also talking to my doctor.
I have been taking invega injections for the past 2 and half years they have helped me a lot with very less side effects.
One advice I would give is always check for which needle is being used … if you are above 90 kilos then use the large needle otherwise the small one. Sometimes nurses dont know this.
Also if for one month you take the injection on left hip then the next month you should take it on your right hip… thats how its done.
It is really helping my delusions and paranoia. I am feeling a bit depressed though but perhaps I would anyway I don’t know. But it’s been excellent for posative symptoms so far. I’ve been on it since October.
I’ve had a lot of success with this medication. I’m on the 234mg monthly shot and my psychiatrist doesn’t want to lower the dose. I am not delusional anymore, don’t hallucinate, voices are virtually non existent, I’ve been stable for the past 10 months, grounded in reality, haven’t gained any weight, don’t talk to myself all the time, slight paranoia and racing and random thoughts here and there. I’m basically functioning very well except for memory, cognitive issues and the cycles of depression that I get hit with.
I’ve also lost desire for sex and and basically impotent right now which are the side effects of the medication. A lot of people online blame this medication because of the effects that they feel which are attributed to the illness. It’s worked very well for me so far and the only thing I have to deal with are the negatives and cycles of depression.
Not sure of the dose, it was a clinical trial and I’m not sure if I can get that info now.
It wasn’t good for me. I’m trying to get it out of my system now. It takes 150 to 300 days to get out of your system, I hear.
How long have you been on it?
I had invega injections for a while. They helped a lot. The only precaution I have is that sometimes I would get a bump on the injection site on my arm for a few days. It went down qiuck though and wasn’t terribly painful.
It has helped me with positive symptoms. But not negative. And it has lowered my sex drive.
It seems injections work better than tablets? Why u guys not taking tablets?
i have been on invega sustenna for 5 years now and when i first started taking it as well as recently too it was a night and day difference, i went from being a nightowl and staying up all night to sleeping at night and being up during the sunlight hours. also it help with being comfortable and not being afraid.
i have always taken the 234mg which is the max dose for the once monthly injection.
i still have minor hallucinations but the major stuff is gone… and im able to enjoy my daily routine and function on a homebody level. but i still have not been able to work or make income
Anyone else taking injections?
I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. It might work for u or u might end up miserable. I’m waiting for it to get out of my system. Takes forever and the side affects suck. If u look up coming off invega sustenna u can find the threads of people it did not work for.
@latenightsurfer my last injection was November 2017. I had 4 or 5 injections. Still don’t feel any better. Receptors still blocked.
Blocking the receptors is the point of the injection
I wish I would have known that BEFORE getting the shot. My fault for not doing the research.