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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 505957" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>Hi all!</p><p> </p><p>Just a little warning to those who use the Novopen Echo. I have been using one for Levemir for around a year and love this pen. Recently my basal needs have been increasing significantly for no known reason and my fasting levels have been high more often than not. I just put it down to my LADA progressing and increased the basal as needed. Anyway, yesterday morning, I wasn't really concentrating and dialled 7 units and released it to prime the pen - usually I only expel 2 units - the stream of insulin released was pretty much the same as when i expel 2 units - it certainly wasn't 7 units. I tried it again 3 more times with 2 different needles - twice, nothing came out at all, and once a much larger stream came out as i would expect from 7 units. I got a new pen and used it last night and this morning with the doses of Levemir I have recently been using - I have had the hypo day from Hell! Woke with a 3.9, 2.9 half hour after breakfast - ate a couple of jelly babies, 2.6 an hour later and on it went all morning. I've had a great day of orange juice, jelly babies and biscuits, but my head is pounding. I've reduced my Levemir this evening and will keep an eye on my levels overnight, but at the moment it looks like I have been using a faulty pen for weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 505957, member: 29301"] Hi all! Just a little warning to those who use the Novopen Echo. I have been using one for Levemir for around a year and love this pen. Recently my basal needs have been increasing significantly for no known reason and my fasting levels have been high more often than not. I just put it down to my LADA progressing and increased the basal as needed. Anyway, yesterday morning, I wasn't really concentrating and dialled 7 units and released it to prime the pen - usually I only expel 2 units - the stream of insulin released was pretty much the same as when i expel 2 units - it certainly wasn't 7 units. I tried it again 3 more times with 2 different needles - twice, nothing came out at all, and once a much larger stream came out as i would expect from 7 units. I got a new pen and used it last night and this morning with the doses of Levemir I have recently been using - I have had the hypo day from Hell! Woke with a 3.9, 2.9 half hour after breakfast - ate a couple of jelly babies, 2.6 an hour later and on it went all morning. I've had a great day of orange juice, jelly babies and biscuits, but my head is pounding. I've reduced my Levemir this evening and will keep an eye on my levels overnight, but at the moment it looks like I have been using a faulty pen for weeks. Smidge [/QUOTE]
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