What is Buzzy^®?

Buzzy^® is a portable, reusable plastic bee that gives natural pain relief through cold and vibration.  By confusing your body's own nerves and distracting attention, sharp pain is dulled or eliminated. The bee vibrates, and a specially prepared ice pack fits underneath.  We all take for granted that rubbing a bumped elbow helps stop the hurt, or cool running water soothes a burn, or a dentist wiggling a lip helps injection pain. With cold and vibration, Buzzy decreases minor sharp aches and pain in the same way.  Kids, nurses, parents, and doctors have all sent their stories - "We LOVE Buzzy!"

At home, Buzzy is a supercharged boo-boo buddy for splinters, bumps, or itching.  In an emergency department, nurses and doctors can get too busy to wait for numbing creams for needle procedures. For newly diagnosed diabetic children, the medical community has a history of expecting kids to just get used to needle pain - Buzzy can give a kid a little control over a tough situation. For shots, for bee stings, for boo-boos, and needle pain, we developed Buzzy to put instant pain management in YOUR hands.

A pilot study in adults for IV starts in the October 2009 Clinical Journal of Pain found that Buzzy significantly decreased pain.   Even more interesting, the more needle anxiety subjects had, the better Buzzy worked, with a significant reduction for each centimeter of increased anxiety on a 10 centimeter scale, suggesting adults with needle phobia may have more sensitive nerves.

In a randomized controlled trial in children aged 4 and up, emergency department IV start pain was decreased by half.   As exciting, the study found improved IV success!  Buzzy has been used for travel immunizations, fertility shots, and finger pricks, splinter removal, and flu injections. 

Buzzy is now being tested for injection pain in children of all ages.  BEE empowered over pain!