Air Bubbles in the Lantus

What do you lantus users do about air bubbles in the insulin pen?

We seem to get them all the time and my wife is worried about injecting
air bubbles into her body. I know the lantus is supposed to be
subcutaneous and not in a vein, but does that make any difference?

--
Mike

Mike wrote:
> What do you lantus users do about air bubbles in the insulin pen?
>
> We seem to get them all the time and my wife is worried about injecting
> air bubbles into her body. I know the lantus is supposed to be
> subcutaneous and not in a vein, but does that make any difference?
>
hold the pen needle up, and 'flick' the pen to allow the air bubbles to
rise, then shoot an 'air shot' to clear the air bubble

when she is doing an injection, the air bubble moves to the other end of
the cartridge from where the needle is, so it's very unlikely that she
can get an air shot

there is nothing to worry about an air shot, other than the fact it
means your insulin dose isn't correct............. as you have said, we
do not shoot into a vein, so it's not going to kill us

good luck

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kate
type 1 since 1987
www.diabetic-talk.org
http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/n...diagnosed.html

"Mike" <mikedon@mc.net> wrote in message
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> What do you lantus users do about air bubbles in the insulin pen?
>
> We seem to get them all the time and my wife is worried about injecting
> air bubbles into her body. I know the lantus is supposed to be
> subcutaneous and not in a vein, but does that make any difference?

It's not supposed to matter. But if you tap on the pen a couple of times
and then inject 2 units into the air like you're supposed to, that should
take care of them. If she is not using the pen, then I don't know what to
tell you.

Julie Bove wrote:
> "Mike" <mikedon@mc.net> wrote in message
> news:xcydnaHYFNexy63VnZ2dnUVZ_g2dnZ2d@mc.net...
>> What do you lantus users do about air bubbles in the insulin pen?
>>
>> We seem to get them all the time and my wife is worried about injecting
>> air bubbles into her body. I know the lantus is supposed to be
>> subcutaneous and not in a vein, but does that make any difference?
>
> It's not supposed to matter. But if you tap on the pen a couple of times
> and then inject 2 units into the air like you're supposed to, that should
> take care of them. If she is not using the pen, then I don't know what to
> tell you.
>
>
Thank you Julie, and you too Tiger Lily. Yes, she does use the pen you
both have pretty much covered what we are already doing. Rather than
large bubbles that can be moved easily, she seems to get lots of little
bubbles all the way up the side. We do a lot of beating up on the pen,
either by using a pencil or flicking it with a finger to get them near
the top so they will come out with a 2 unit primer shot into the air. We
had to throw one pen out because we just had too many bubbles to deal with.

Unfortunately, the local diabetes center had no useful advice. I will
try calling the company that makes the lantus pens to see if they have
any advice. Or even if a little air bubble subcutaneous is at all harmful.

Thanks again.

--
Mike

Mike wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Mike" <mikedon@mc.net> wrote in message
>> news:xcydnaHYFNexy63VnZ2dnUVZ_g2dnZ2d@mc.net...
>>> What do you lantus users do about air bubbles in the insulin pen?
>>>
>>> We seem to get them all the time and my wife is worried about injecting
>>> air bubbles into her body. I know the lantus is supposed to be
>>> subcutaneous and not in a vein, but does that make any difference?
>> It's not supposed to matter. But if you tap on the pen a couple of times
>> and then inject 2 units into the air like you're supposed to, that should
>> take care of them. If she is not using the pen, then I don't know what to
>> tell you.
>>
>>
> Thank you Julie, and you too Tiger Lily. Yes, she does use the pen you
> both have pretty much covered what we are already doing. Rather than
> large bubbles that can be moved easily, she seems to get lots of little
> bubbles all the way up the side. We do a lot of beating up on the pen,
> either by using a pencil or flicking it with a finger to get them near
> the top so they will come out with a 2 unit primer shot into the air. We
> had to throw one pen out because we just had too many bubbles to deal with.
>
> Unfortunately, the local diabetes center had no useful advice. I will
> try calling the company that makes the lantus pens to see if they have
> any advice. Or even if a little air bubble subcutaneous is at all harmful.
>
> Thanks again.
>
Mike, this sounds like the Lantus cartridge is being shaken, causing the
air bubbles to dissipate and become smaller bubbles thru the cartridge

is that possible?

--
kate
type 1 since 1987
www.diabetic-talk.org
http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/n...diagnosed.html