10mcg pen
i remember awhile back someone had commented on the fact that they got
a big drop of liquid after removing thier pen and also a lot dripping
OFF the pen needle when removing it also.
Well i am now on the 10 mcg and can relate!
that is exactly what was happening to me. So i set about trying to find
out why.
I remembered the Amylin/Lilly CS mentioning to me (when i’d called for
something) that with the 10 mcg it is MUCH harder to push in, you have
to hold it IN longer and in general just harder to use. So, i tried a
few things.
1. pushing harder on the plunger per se, by holding the tip of the pen
top on my skin AND pushing the end. voila i got the standard clicking i
had gotten with the 5 mcg, which i’d not before. ok i got clicks, but
not the click click-click click thing haha.
2. leaving the pen in like 3 times longer than before.. so like 20
count AND then dialing to the next dose while IN the skin. (another 10)
when THAT happened i did NOT have a bunch of liquid on the skin and i
had less drop on the needle.
all i have to say is the administering of the 10 mcg is NOT nice and
easy like the 5mcg. they missed something in the delivery for sure.
Why? i have no idea.
just food for thought as i noticed other people commenting.
now the queasiness commences. blech.
Rebecca
January 16th, 2004 at 2:32 am
Rebecca, I had a strange thing happen with my 10mcg pen this morning. It
jammed on me. It was hard to turn the dial after I pulled it out, but
finally got it to work. I did a few tests over the kitchen sink and it
then worked OK. Don’t know what happened. shrug…
I wasn’t sure if I got any byetta, but didn’t want to inject and
accidently end up with 20mcg. I took my bg 2 hrs later and it was 117,
so I did get some injected.
It’s nice to know if the pen malfunctions that Amylin will replace it at
no cost.