Re: Question about Lantus.

Alexander Arnakis <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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On 12 Sep 2006 06:50:13 -0700, "Temujin" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

When I first started on Lantus, the nurse said to always pull back on
the plunger for a second after sticking the needle. If blood comes up
into the syringe, I'm in a vein, and I'm supposed to throw that syringe
away and start over.

Pulling back on the plunger was the way I was taught when first
diagnosed, more than 40 years ago. I've always done that, and about
once in 50 times, I hit blood. (This should not be confused with
bleedback when *withdrawing* the syringe, which happens to me about
once in 8 times.)

Bleedback is harmless, except perhaps for making a mess. What's
happened is that the needle has passed *through* a capillary, and the
insulin itself has been injected deeper. But blood in the aspirated
syringe means that you're *in* a capillary or small blood vessel, and
that's not good.

But why throw away the loaded syringe? If I hit blood, I just move to
another spot and inject the insulin and the little bit of blood. After
all, it's your own blood!

Being able to check for hitting a blood vessel is the big reason I
decided to stay with regular syringes, after trying pens for a while.
Plus, I found pens to be no more convenient than syringes, given that
you have to change the pen needle each time.



Depends on the pen. I really like the Novolog flex pen. It clicks for
each unit injected and doesn't take superhuman strength to get the
plunger all the way in. Nice and light and travels well.

The OpticliK suxs. It has stupid release buttons right where one holds
it, takes all my arm strength to get the last click out, it's too heavy
and the clicks mean nothing - I have no idea why they even bother to make
it click.

I am thinking of dropping the opticlik in the trash can.

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liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." Thomas
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