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<blockquote data-quote="spideog" data-source="post: 443800" data-attributes="member: 31176"><p>How long a vial lasts is the same as the length of string question as we are all on different doses so can't really guess on that.</p><p>You need as many vials as you need though, a couple will be enough to get you started and you'll soon figure out how long they last for. You should end up having a bit less insulin actually making it's way into you than when on pens, but there will be a lot more wasted with the last bit you can't get out of the vial, the 12 units or so in the tubing, the X units left in the bottom of the cartridge when you change that. Some people run the cartridge until empty, some don't fully fill them in the first place, some don't change the cartridge at the same time as each cannula.</p><p></p><p>The really important bit is that you get enough test strips and that is the one where I'd expect the GP to be trying to reduce your numbers that you use. Don't stand for that though and as said get the DSN to contact the GP if they are not prescribing you what you need. My DSN and hospital consultant gave me a letter for the GP when I started on the pump without me needing to ask, basically telling the GP to just give me what I asked for in terms of test strips.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spideog, post: 443800, member: 31176"] How long a vial lasts is the same as the length of string question as we are all on different doses so can't really guess on that. You need as many vials as you need though, a couple will be enough to get you started and you'll soon figure out how long they last for. You should end up having a bit less insulin actually making it's way into you than when on pens, but there will be a lot more wasted with the last bit you can't get out of the vial, the 12 units or so in the tubing, the X units left in the bottom of the cartridge when you change that. Some people run the cartridge until empty, some don't fully fill them in the first place, some don't change the cartridge at the same time as each cannula. The really important bit is that you get enough test strips and that is the one where I'd expect the GP to be trying to reduce your numbers that you use. Don't stand for that though and as said get the DSN to contact the GP if they are not prescribing you what you need. My DSN and hospital consultant gave me a letter for the GP when I started on the pump without me needing to ask, basically telling the GP to just give me what I asked for in terms of test strips. [/QUOTE]
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