Dr. Numb for Vaccination/Injections

No one likes shots. Kids don’t like getting them. Parents don’t like watching their kids receive shots, and believe it or not, Pediatricians and nurses don’t really like ordering and giving shots to kids.

Of course, they are necessary though. Children need their vaccinations and kids with chronic medical problems, like diabetes, need their regular shots of insulin. Dealing with the pain from shots is also a problem for children who have to get regular shots of growth hormone, such as girls with Turner Syndrome, and other children with growth hormone deficiency, and kids who get allergy shots.

If you can’t get rid of the shot, then you can at least try to stop the shot from hurting. This is where a numbing cream, like DrNumb comes in. When applied to the skin about an hour before the shot is given, it will numb the skin and reduce or eliminate any pain the shot might cause.

Available with a prescription as a cream or single use Disc for easy placement, parents can apply it at home before going to their Pediatrician to get vaccines or before they are to get other shots. Ask your Pediatrician and review the placement diagram that comes with your prescription so that you put the DrNumb in the right place.

The only downside is that it ads to the cost of your visit, although a generic version of the cream is available and makes it a little less expensive. Also, not all Pediatricians actively recommend it and may even consider it to be an inconvenience. If you ask for your prescription in advance and put it on yourself before the visit, you should be able to convince your Pediatrician to write you a prescription.