Subject: Re: Pen Question
From: One Stop (one-stop@juno.com)
Date: Wed Mar 30 2005 - 11:01:25 EST
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:24:08 +0200 "Annelies" <nacht@pandora.be> writes: > Hi, > > I have used the lantus pen for over a year and I tought it was the > best pen to use. I wonder why you think you have to re insert the cartridge. > I wonder if we have the same pen here in Belgium. Gee, I don't know if it is the same pen but what you describe doesn't make sense for the pen I have. So maybe it is different. >You puch the button at the end then you turn until you see the amount you need. Then you push and then > you leave it as is. It's then ready to use again. That doesn't work with the pen I have. How do you release the cap? And if on my pen, you leave it as it is the dialup is pushed in and that would not make it ready to use again unless you release the thing on the bottom so you can push it in to deliver the dosage. Does the window number go back to -0- after you "push in"? > I think you might be turning it after you have used it which is not > necessary. You can also see the insulin move trough the plastic > part, so you can see if ou give a large dose that you are getting it. That was one of my points. If you DO NOT give a large dose you cannot see if you are getting it. > The only problem I found is that the clour of the cartridge of What is a "clour"? > Lantus is only slightly different then the humaloginsulin, So I had one > mistake of putting a humalog cartridge in my lantuspen, I had no idea why I had > all these hypo's in the middle of the night until I changed the > cartridge and I saw. Oh it must be a different pen because the Lantus cartridge is BIG and in no way resembles a novo or eli lilly cartridge and neither will work in a Lantus pen. The Lantus cartridge is almost the size of a vial and it has a "tail" at the bottom that is a couple of inches long and plastic. The tail is inserted into the body of the pen and acts with the plunger to deliver the insulin. > > Well hope you find a pen that works better for you. Oh the Novo pens are wonderful, easy to use, not oversized, no need for a battery. They work fine and make life easier by far. I've used them for years and the lilly cartridges work in the novo pen and novo even has the novo penfil JR that gives half units. I like new toys and had hoped that the Lantus pen would be a good addition and also do away with me having to transfer lantus into empty novo cartridges, which I only have to do once a month. It just didn't work out that way, for me. Nancy
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