[Diabetes-Talk] Question about Ozempic pen and Accessibility

[dandrews920 at comcast.net]

This is my experience. My pharmacist said the number of clicks varies, so
counting wouldn't work. I don't know if this is true, but got help until I
was on the full dose. 

I didn't get much help, from my Doctor, or drugstore when it came to
learning how to use the pen.  

Ultimately I figured it out, but I probably got some partial doses.

Dave



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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