Before your first dose
At-Home Injection Guide
Our clinical team walks through drawing your dose and giving a subcutaneous injection, step by step — for GLP-1 and peptide medications.
What you need
Syringes and alcohol prep pads ship free with every injectable order. Supplies may vary.
Your medication vial
Check the name and strength on the label.
An insulin syringe
Ships free with every injectable order.
Two alcohol prep pads
One for the vial, one for your skin.
A sharps container
Never put needles in household trash.
The five steps
STEP 01
Clean your hands
Wash with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds and dry completely. Set your supplies out on a clean, flat surface.
STEP 02
Prepare the vial and injection site
Wipe the rubber top of the vial with an alcohol prep pad and let it air dry. Choose your injection site and wipe it with a second pad.
STEP 03
Draw the medication
Pull the plunger back to your prescribed number of units, insert the needle into the vial, and draw your dose. Tap out any air bubbles and push them back into the vial.
STEP 04
Give the injection
Pinch the skin, insert the needle at the angle shown in the video, and press the plunger down slowly and steadily. Release the pinch and withdraw the needle.
STEP 05
Clean up
Place the used syringe straight into a sharps container. Store your medication as directed on the label — most require refrigeration.
Your dose comes from your provider — not this video
This guide covers technique only. Your dose, schedule, and injection site come from your provider and the label on your medication — always follow those. If anything looks different from the video, or you are unsure, message your care team before you inject.
Questions about your dose?
Message your care team any time — real staff at a real clinic, est. 2012.
Message your care teamDisposing of needles
Never reuse or share needles. Put used syringes in a sharps container and find a drop-off near you at SafeNeedleDisposal.org.