Christina66
Member
I’m now on Lyumjev pre-filled pens. Only concern is there are air bubbles in the insulin and plungers don’t work too well…. Should I be worried?
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New insulin - air bubble concerns
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Zhnyaka
Well-Known Member
turn the syringe needle up, gently tap the cartridge with your fingers so that the bubbles rise up, then dial a couple of units and let the air out (until a drop of insulin appears from the needle).
If the pistons are uncomfortable, the plastic syringe handle breaks easily enough, you can take out the cartridge and insert it into a metal syringe pen (if you have it), I sometimes do this(when I need to be sure that the piston will not break from active physical activity), but I used to often use insulin in cartridges, not in syringe pens. The only thing I need is to put this nozzle for needle here (I don't know if they can be bought somewhere, I just took it off the cartridge),
on the cartridge you took out of the syringe pen
If the pistons are uncomfortable, the plastic syringe handle breaks easily enough, you can take out the cartridge and insert it into a metal syringe pen (if you have it), I sometimes do this(when I need to be sure that the piston will not break from active physical activity), but I used to often use insulin in cartridges, not in syringe pens. The only thing I need is to put this nozzle for needle here (I don't know if they can be bought somewhere, I just took it off the cartridge),
on the cartridge you took out of the syringe pen
Christina66
Member
Ok thank you, I’ll give that a try.
