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Bd microfine needles

sarah1990

sarah1990

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Hi, has anyone been using the BD microfine needles for a couple of years? I have and I have found recently that they have been really hurting putting in and injecting to the point I'm scared and tense up to inject :'-(
 
Do you rotate your injection sites? When this happens I change sites. For example, from my tummy to my buttock.
 
sarah1990 said:
Hi, has anyone been using the BD microfine needles for a couple of years? I have and I have found recently that they have been really hurting putting in and injecting to the point I'm scared and tense up to inject :'-(
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Hey, I use the be Viva 4mm X 0.23 mm. I've only been injecting for a few months and use my abdomen for my Novo and legs for my lantus. I do find even now that every so often it hurts, even when cycling areas. I think it may be blunt needles just generally due to mass production. It makes you tense then over think it. Just my observation. Hope you're ok and having a lovely Christmas x
 
ert said:
Do you rotate your injection sites? When this happens I change sites. For example, from my tummy to my buttock.
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Hi, I do and I dont, my top half of my belly is so easy to get to I tend to do it more frequently there.... and I find with my thighs they seem to be tense/hard not loose/flabby i don't have muscler legs either, but maybe I am tensing up :/
 
Technician87 said:
Hey, I use the be Viva 4mm X 0.23 mm. I've only been injecting for a few months and use my abdomen for my Novo and legs for my lantus. I do find even now that every so often it hurts, even when cycling areas. I think it may be blunt needles just generally due to mass production. It makes you tense then over think it. Just my observation. Hope you're ok and having a lovely Christmas x
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Ahhh so yours are the same then? Maybe.... I'm gonna have to try and rotate, or speak to my hospital doctor next time I see him. Yeah I do tend to over think Haha. I am hope you are to, have a lovely Christmas :)
 
sarah1990 said:
Hi, has anyone been using the BD microfine needles for a couple of years? I have and I have found recently that they have been really hurting putting in and injecting to the point I'm scared and tense up to inject :'-(
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Hi Ive been using them for years no problem , i change everytime and i rotate. I have noticed the quality of the needle has diminished in this batch of needles ...every jab hurts and wont just slide in ...im going to get a change next time im in clinic . They might be the same needle in name but maybe theyve changed at manufacture ..the quality isnt the same AND it shouldnt hurt going in!
 
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