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- 574
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Does this actually work? If you dial up 0.5 units and shoot it in the air nothing comes out. Is this the same subcutaneously?
9 times out of 10 it does!What I mean is, does the small drop that flops out of the needle actually get under the skin properly?
Why is that?I would so love half unit pens but cannot get them.
I would so love half unit pens but cannot get them.
Why is that?
When I was on MDI, I was able to get children's half unit pens for my bolus (NovoRapid) but compatible half unit pens were not available for my basal (Lantus)
I am sure you have looked down all options but just in case ...Neither of my insulin’s do half units unfortunately. As 8 units of basal a day is not enough but 9 is too much, I do alternate days which has helped enormously. (Consultants on board )
Hi. If you are in the USA I think NovoNordisk may have a different pen range from Europe but the 0.5 unit Novo pen has been around for many years now so I'd expect it to be availableI don't seem to be able to get them where I live, but that's more the inability of my surgery as they're on the local formulary, so I rang Eli Lilly customer services and blagged them to send me a 'Humapen Luxura HD' for my Humalog as a replacement for the one I dropped on the floor , I'd assume NovoNordisk could do the same for Novorapid users.
Worth a try anyway
NovoNordisk do the Echo pen in the UK for half units... And they work very well.Hi. If you are in the USA I think NovoNordisk may have a different pen range from Europe but the 0.5 unit Novo pen has been around for many years now so I'd expect it to be available