Absolutely don't scratch. The medicine sits subcutaneous (sp?) for a while and burns. Scratching makes it worse. I would as the dr. if it is an allergic reaction maybe he can change you to something else?

I was on lovenox for a year, and yes my stomach looked like a war zone and had people come up to me wanting to take me to an abuse shelter for women. What worked for me was applying an ice pack every hour for about 15min. just make sure its not in direct contact with your skin, hope this helps.

The shots always do bizarre things to me. I get huge bruises in some sites and red in others and nothing in others. Always winds up looking like a leprechaun (with little fists) was hitting me repeatedly in the stomach.

I wouldn't scratch, in fact when I have to do shots, I don't really let any clothes touch the injection spot for as long as I can afterwards.

oh no, little leprechauns! that made my day and the laughing made me forget how much it itches for a little bit, going to try the ice!! Really looks horrible! thanks! I am 3 or 4 weeks out of even having the shots! wierd, but apparently not alone with this!

Hi, I have been on clexane/lovenox now for over 2 months ( I am on it for life) after a massive saddle PE massive bi lateral PE's and dispersal's of clots throughout both lungs 29 April 2011..
over that time, I have had a number of the heamatomas which collect under the skin and have become badly infected on a number of occasions.
Some sites bruise badly, some slightly others nothing!!!
One thing I have discovered by experimenting is.
I noticed when the site bled, I rarely developed a heamatoma or a bruise.
I read up again on the instructions for the drug and noted the part where they tell you to make sure the air bubble at the bottom of the syringe is injected as it seals in the clexane...... I then after experimenting, found that when I flicked the bubble to the top of the syringe and expressed the bubble out, then injected. I had a little bleeding, but no heamatoma... so now I do not inject the air bubble.
Doing this hasn't totally solved my problems, but it has certainly made things a lot better. I hope to be placed on an experimental oral low weight anti coagulant later this month when I travel to Melbourne to see a heamatologist for the first time since my near death experience. :)) I am obviously not coping with the injections after two bouts of abdominal septicemia from the heamatomas..
Don't scratch. I have found "Arnica creme" has stopped my itching to a large degree.
Hope this helps.. Kerry

I had the same thing. Yes I had the bruising as well, but this was a red very itchy rash that appeared about 2 weeks after I stopped taking lovenox at the same spots where I had the bruising to start. Omg that was itchy. And I'd itch it, and it'd feel such relief at first, then it would hurt horribly and continue hurting for a bit after I stopped scratching. I called my doctor about it, went it to show him. They had me take benadryl. Good luck. It did go away after a month for me. And I only took the benadryl a short time.