Showing posts with label insulin pens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label insulin pens. Show all posts

Advantages of using insulin injections through various pens.. Lesser degree of pain to the small size of the metal needle

(1) ease of carrying insulin,
(2) ease of transporting it and injecting it so as not to lose any such amounts wasted quantities that remain in the plastic injection.
(3) a lesser degree of pain to the small size of the metal needle and thus may be more appropriate insulin pen for children with diabetes type I due to lack of pain sensation in this type of injection.

Defects insulin pens.. More expensive material in the short term from insulin injections

** Insulin pens more expensive material in the short term from insulin injections.
** Often be lost unit or two units of insulin when you try to calibrate the pen to adjust the dose.
* Often is the survival of some insulin in the cartridge or pen when you get rid of them.
* Not all types of insulin available in the form of pens.
* Patients who use pens can not mix types of insulin in the same pen.
* In the case of the need for two types of insulin should be injected each type alone when using pens.

Pre-filled pens insulin Pre - filled Insulin pens.. Subcutaneous insulin injections

It is a Pens likeness with liquid ink pens used to inject insulin under the skin. There Cartridge (bottle) filled with insulin (usually containing 150 or 300 units of insulin - 1.5 or 3 ml). There are several forms of cartridges for most types of insulin used. There is at the tip of the pen needle minutes short and ranging in length between half an inch to less than a third of an inch (about 5 mm) and WVGA between 29-31 are replaced at each insulin injection. Although the pens were until recently a complicated and difficult to use, but the new species containing insulin easy to use and are discarded after use, which allows for a diabetic to give the required dose accurately. Examples of such pens Humulin , Humalog And others.
And through the pens can give small doses of up to half a unit to 12 units. The dose depends on the doctor's prescription processor. The dose of insulin can be controlled by moving the pen button in even watch the number of units to be injected. The specific mechanism that allows breaking the needle under the skin is paying the required amount of insulin. And are then disposed of the cartridge after completion, as well as the needle and replace it with a new one. In many of the cases are disposed of the same pen.

Advantages insulin pens.. How easy and convenient dose and the patient could give an accurate dose

* Ease of use and carry them to anywhere outside the home while traveling or at work or at school.
* The patient does not need to withdraw insulin from the vial.
* How easy and convenient dose and the patient could give an accurate dose.
** Needles used in pens very thin and short and thus may be convenient for the patient compared to conventional insulin injections.
* Some research has shown that changing the patient than traditional insulin injections to insulin pens improved the regularity of patients taking sugar treatment also reduced the incidence of the sharp drop in blood sugar and other complications.
* Use of insulin pens in the long run less expensive material than traditional insulin injections.