[Diabetes-talk] Insulin pens

dmgina dmgina at qwest.net
Fri Jan 23 03:24:11 UTC 2009 

Well now,
If I run out on a pin I just use that.
I don't like sticking myself all of the time.
Unless it is one unit.
I do ok with that though.

--Dar
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every sinner has a future

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Insulin pens


> 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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