[Diabetes-Talk] Counting insulin doses

[blindhands at aol.com]

I am not positive if all insulins come in the "pen" form.  As the long and
short acting insulins I use to be one did.  The insulin is purchased from
the pharmacy or mail order and it comes in these pens already.  You can turn
the base of the pen and there is clicking sounds made for each unit.  I am
thinking there is 300 units in each pen & 5 pens come in a box.  The needles
are sold separately and you need scripts for both of these.

As far as I know they stopped making the Count a dose as the company was
sold and the new company didn't think there was a need enough to cover the
regulations that were needed to produce this.  The  Pens came into use and
that solved a lot of the problems.



Joyce Kane
 Kane Kids Shop
https://www.blindmicemegamall.com/.../shop/Directory_Departments?store...


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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Alan
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Cc: Alan Lemly <walemly at gmail.com>
Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Counting insulin doses

Hi List,

 

I'm curious what products are available and being used to count insulin
doses for syringe injection. I'm aware of the Prodigy Count-a-dose product
but it sounds like a device into which one loads up to two bottles of
insulin, a syringe, and then counts the dosage into the loaded syringe for
administration. Is there such a thing as a syringe that allows someone who
is visually impaired to count doses? If so, can someone please describe it
and where you got it? Does it come already with needles or do those have to
be purchased separately?

 

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

 

Alan Lemly

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