[Diabetes-Talk] Question about Ozempic pen and Accessibility

[Jeanette Kutash]

I continue to be astounded that manufacturers and medical people in general
have no idea that blind people use pens independently all the time. We count
clicks and check them with a person who can see the number in the window the
first time we have to dial in a dose. 

I know that the dose I am taking of Ozempic at the moment is 74 clicks and
when my dose changes I will have to check it again with someone. But it is
what we do.

Emily, the problem is that manufacturers do not see us as independent and
able to do this stuff. They are under the illusion that someone always doses
our medications for us. It is no different than counting clicks on an
Insulin pen, as long as the pen is designed so that we can feel the
gradations of each click the process works quite nicely. 

I was told I could not take Victoza by someone who was under the illusion
you stated, and yet once I knew how many clicks to move my pen I was
successful in dispensing my medication for the entire two years I was on it.


It is good that you ask, because we need to continue to teach manufacturers
who write things on packages that may not reflect the reality of  things.

Keep asking and learning.

Jeanette 

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Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Question about Ozempic pen and Accessibility

Hi, everyone. I am trying to figure out how blind people use the Ozempic pen
when they have to dial in a dose instead of just using the entire dose. For
example, if someone is starting with 0.25 or 0.5 mg, they may have to use a
pen containing 2 mg For which you have to turn the dial a certain number of
clicks to get the desired dose. The manufacturer adamantly states that
counting clicks is not an accurate way of dosing, but I would like to get
any experiences or opinions about this from the people who actually matter,
those of us who are blind and Those of us who might need to use this pen.
Thank you so much for your time.
Emily Schlenker third year Pharmacy student university of Kansas school of
Pharmacy

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