Bionix Corporation Health at Home Shotblocker Pain Relief Solution

I have to give my wife an Insulin shot twice a day. Every shot was painful and we both really hated to do it, but she has to have the insulin!The Shotblocker was an inexpensive trick to try. It looked like it had a reason to work: I have serious nerve disease, and understand pain and the techniques to stop or mask it. One often effective way to reduce the apparent pain is to overwhelm the body with stimulus. Make so many nerves receive so much stimulation they can't deliver information about additional stimulus. Capsaicin and TENS electroshock therapy both work this way, so the concept behind Shotblocker seemed sound. With Shotblocker, you poke a lot of "pretend" holes in the skin that don't hurt, then hit it with the real hole in the middle and often the body can't process the extra stimulation and sensation of the real puncture. Simple. Effective.IT WORKS! She reports it nearly always helps! While nothing will dull the occasional really big hurts when a nerve is directly damaged by the needle, the Shotblocker "hides" many of her injections-meaning she did not feel the needle puncture. It helps with many more. She will not take a shot without it!!Technique suggestion: The instructions say to "pinch" a chunk of fatty tissue and inject in the middle. Her injections are to her stomach and the "pinch" does not collect a suitable amount of tissue. So, I lay Shotblocker flat, pressing the Shotblocker firmly against her stomach with 3 fingers which I keep straight. This provides a stable "tower" above her skin. I lay my other hand (with the syringe) against my three finger "tower" for stability, and do the injection. This technique helps keep the syringe motionless during her often long injections. I clean hers about once a week with the same alcohol pad I used to clean her skin before I did the injection. I would encourage using one per person unless you clean it well between uses. Soapy water by hand would be suitable as would a dishwasher, probably should use the upper shelf.Shotblocker really does help. I won't say every time, but it helps almost all the time and completely hides many injections. She likes it so well I just ordered one for each of my grandchildren to take to the doctor.SUGGESTION to Bionix Health at Home: Do these in pink and blue so the kids can have their own color choice.***Two Years of use and this is still a must have product!It has been two years and about a thousand injections later and this is still used, every time.Cannot say enough good things about this product. Where is a sixth star when you need it??Buy It!!

My now 7 year old receives nightly injections with a diabetic sized needle tip and prior to buying the shot blocker, it was a battle each night. His doctor tried prescribing us a numbing cream and even when we would remember to put it on 30 min prior, he would still scream bloody murder. There is nothing worse for a mother than having to old her child down against their will because they NEED the medicine. Night time was stressful for everyone.One night last year when my son was 6, I had just about had it. I came online and did some research and found the shot blocker and the buzzy and bought them both and paid for next day shipping. I would have paid 100s that night to make the injections easier for my son.When we got both, I let my son choose which one to try first. He chose the buzzy. He was still very hesitant and still took some time to “be ready”. He reported that if the normal pain was an 8, the buzzy brought it down to a 6. The next night, we tried the shot blocker. This time, he reported it to be between a 3-4! I thought maybe it was a fluke. But the next night, still the same!We’ve been using this for a year and we can now give our son his injection within 2 minutes and no tears. I’m not going to lie and say it never hurts, because occasionally it does. Sometimes the injection site won’t be the best or the medicine doesn’t absorb right away, etc. But it is the difference between 30 minutes of coaxing, pleading, begging and tears to <2 minutes and done. We even bought a second one to have on hand in the event one gets lost. One trick we have learned over time is to hold it lightly against the injection site at first, then right before the injection, press it down a little firmer for the best results.

I have two 4.5 year old boys who were due for a heavy duty vaccination at an upcoming pediatric visit. So I took a chance on this product and used it in conjunction with ice packs. The nurses and doctors at their office had never seen this product before but could see how it would work and were very willing to try it while administering the shots. Each boy got their shot at separate times, about a minute apart from each other. One boy stood outside the room while the other got his shot, in order to avoid one seeing the other's reaction in case it was bad. But both boys reacted exactly the same: gave an unsure, half grimace (you know, the kind of look where they are trying to decide if something is worth crying over) and a half second later they were fine and happy. The nurse was amazed that neither boy cried, because she said that shot in particular is a bit more painful than others. A little while after the appointment, both of my sons admitted they did still feel the shot, but only a little. Was there no crying solely due to this blocker? I don't know, maybe the ice packs helped, but I really don't think I applied the packs long enough to make a difference. It could have been because the nurse and I quickly announced when the shot was done and the boys were just relieved to know they were past the worst part. Or maybe the boys knowing the shot blocker was supposed to make the shot not hurt is what helped. It could have been completely psychological. I don't know and I really don't care. All I know is, they are only 4 and neither cried while getting a shot. That's all the proof I need to know this works. Well worth the small price and will be using this for any future shots.

This seemed to work and help with the pain of vaccinations for my daughter who has an intense fear of shots. However, I had to argue with the nurse to get her to try it. When I told her about it and presented it to her she looked at me like I had three heads and was very snarky. She did ultimately use it (with a scowl on her face). Obviously this is a problem with the nurse herself and not the product, but maybe the creators of this product could do more "PR" to make it wider known in doctor's offices so that moms like me aren't treated like complete loons when suggesting its use.