[Diabetes-talk] Insulin pens

Fri Jan 23 03:13:45 UTC 2009

HMMM! I don't quite get it. Run through that again.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "catdancing" <catdancing at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Monday, Jan 19, 2009 6:33:16
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Insulin pens

>
>
> also with an insulin pen if u don't have the amount u need left in the pen 
> the instructions say to throw it away and start a new one  that could get 
> expensive.or u can open a new pen an withdrawl the rest of what is needed 
> for your injection.this is done before placing the needle on the new 
> pen.this in on the pens that aredisposable not the refillable cartridge 
> ones. but the same procedure using a different cartridge can be used with 
> the cartridge pens. i have used both.
> Debbie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 4:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Insulin pens
> 
> 
> > There are also disposable recepticles that I get from the pharmacy which 
> > is safer than just uncrewing the top of the pen, it is put out b-d and on 
> > the top of the contained are 2 holes one is to get rip of the screw top of 
> > the pen and the part that covered the needles the other hole is to stick 
> > the pen it self at a 45 degress angle and insert the needles, which has 
> > the threads that match the needle and you twist to uncrew the needle and 
> > it falls into the container without sticking yourself.
> >
> > Cheryl Echevarria
> > Treasurer
> > National Federation of the Blind Greater Long Island Chapter
> > Member NAGDU, NYAGDU and DAN
> >  ----- Original Message ----- 
> >  From: Mike Freeman<mailto:k7uij at panix.com>
> >  To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind<mailto:diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >  Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:56 AM
> >  Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Insulin pens
> >
> >
> >  Diane:
> >
> >  I can give you a generic answer but to be truly helpful, it might be
> >  nice to know what aspects of insulin pens and pen use you are wondering
> >  about.
> >
> >  In general, insulin pens look like and are about the size of an
> >  old-fashioned fountain pen. You take the cap half off and the exposed
> >  end has threads upon which you screw an insulin pen needle assembly. You
> >  then tug on this assembly a bit and the needle cap comes off, leaving
> >  only a slim plastic cylinder covering the needle. You pull this off
> >  exposing the needle.
> >
> >  On the other end of the pen is a dial which you turn to set the dose.
> >  Usually, there's one click per unit of insulin although some pens click
> >  in half-units and some in two-unit steps.
> >
> >  To give yourself a shot, manufacturers tell you to dial in 2 units and
> >  then push the plunger (usually part of the dial apparatus) and insulin
> >  will squirt into the air. This is to get rid of air in the needle.
> >  However, if one is giving oneself a dose over 5 units, it is possible to
> >  dispense with the air shot even though manufacturers don't recommend it
> >  (yet some engineers working for manufacturers will say this also).
> >
> >  You then dial up the dose, pinch up your skin, insert the needle and
> >  push down the plunger just as you do with a syringe. You then put the
> >  larger needle cap on, unscrew the needle, put the pen cap back on and
> >  voila, it looks like a fountain pen again.
> >
> >  Pens come in two flavors -- disposable and refillable. The refillable
> >  pens have cartridges which you put in the pens and use until the insulin
> >  in the cartridge has been used, whereupon you throw the used cartridges
> >  away and insert new full ones. The exact mechanism of cartridge
> >  insertion depends upon which pen you're using.
> >
> >  Disposable pens are pre-filled; you use them until all the insulin is
> >  gone and throw them away.
> >
> >  Pens can have rapid-acting, intermediate-acting and long-acting or basal
> >  insulins; exactly what insulins are available in what pens can be
> >  garnered from the manufacturer. I'm pretty certain that Novo Nordisk's
> >  Novolog comes in both disposable pens and cartridges for the NovoPen
> >  III; one can get a Novolin 70/30 mix for the NovoPen III "Penfill"
> >  cartridges also.
> >
> >  Lilly has Humalog in disposable pens and Sonophie Aventis has lantus
> >  available in a cartridge pen (the OptiClik) and in a disposable (the
> >  SoloStar).
> >
> >  In the beginning, I think many Americans were worried that insulin pens
> >  might be inaccurate; in truth, they are ininv* accurate and are
> >  extremely convenient to use. Diabetics in Europe have been using them
> >  for years; they're just now really catching on over here in the States.
> >
> >  That's a general overview. I highly recommend pens. I own a Count-a-dose
> >  so could use syringes if I had to but I'm quite content with pens.
> >
> >  Let me know what I haven't answered.
> >
> >  HTH!
> >
> >  Mike
> >
> >  ----- Original Message ----- 
> >  From: "Diane" <dianefilipe at peoplepc.com<mailto:dianefilipe at peoplepc.com>>
> >  To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" 
> > <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org<mailto:diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>>
> >  Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 5:33 PM
> >  Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Insulin pens
> >
> >
> >  I know we have discussed this subject many times, but often you don't
> >  pay attention until it begins to impact your life.  My Dad is looking
> >  into the pens, and I was just wondering what y'all can tell me about
> >  them.
> >  Thank you!
> >  Diane
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