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02-19-2007, 10:58 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lower Templestowe, Melbourne, Australia
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| | | HumaPen...oooooh
Has anyone tried one of these?? Or seen them before?! Diabetic's Friend HumaPen Contains Needle, Insulin
I would *almost* consider going back to Humalog just to try out this pen!
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02-20-2007, 05:24 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth UK
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| | | ooooooooo nice!! I wonder why novo nordisk dont make pens that look as nice as that, the memory function on there is cool too!!
Come on novo nordisk!! make new pens!!! lol
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02-20-2007, 07:50 AM
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| | | It just became available in the US on Feb 1. I'm trying to think of a reason I should have one, and I can't think of any. But it does look nice. I love the part about 16 doses being over 2 weeks worth of insulin. Nice... |
02-20-2007, 08:03 AM
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| | | Ya, if i used it for Humalog, i'd be at 16 doses in 5 days, with no extra corrections! LOL.
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02-20-2007, 08:53 AM
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| | | It would be more like 2-3 days for me. |
02-20-2007, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Stuboy  ooooooooo nice!! I wonder why novo nordisk dont make pens that look as nice as that, the memory function on there is cool too!!
Come on novo nordisk!! make new pens!!! lol | The funny thing is that Novo Nordisk does have a pen with a memory function - the Innova Pen - which it only recently stopped distributing. I am sure they will quickly release a new and imprtoved version. 
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02-20-2007, 09:37 PM
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| | | That innovo memorized what, one dose? |
02-20-2007, 10:30 PM
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| | | The innova pen was a brick, not a pen imo. Not something that fit very easily in the pocket.
It looks like the humapen is going to require batteries as well. While the memory feature would be cool I don't want to have to carry or worry about replacing batteries. That said, my lantus pen has an LED and has like a 5 year battery life. Wonder what the batter life will be like on the humapen. It is a sleek looking pen. |
02-20-2007, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by BriOnH The innova pen was a brick, not a pen imo. Not something that fit very easily in the pocket.
It looks like the humapen is going to require batteries as well. While the memory feature would be cool I don't want to have to carry or worry about replacing batteries. That said, my lantus pen has an LED and has like a 5 year battery life. Wonder what the batter life will be like on the humapen. It is a sleek looking pen. | You use the Lantus pen? Ewww.... |
02-20-2007, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Funnygrl You use the Lantus pen? Ewww.... | Why? I like it. The needles are really slim too. Easy to transport around too. I looove lantus! It's my favorite insulin, but a rapid is oviously needed too. My lantus is so fine tuned if I eat nothing all day I run perfect. |
02-20-2007, 10:47 PM
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| | Good looking pen. Can see someone needing a pen and walking up and pulling it out of a shirt pocket.  |
02-20-2007, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Harold Good looking pen. Can see someone needing a pen and walking up and pulling it out of a shirt pocket. | lol!! Yeah it does look like that much of a real pen! |
02-20-2007, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by BriOnH Why? I like it. The needles are really slim too. Easy to transport around too. I looove lantus! It's my favorite insulin, but a rapid is oviously needed too. My lantus is so fine tuned if I eat nothing all day I run perfect. | You mean the BD pen needles? Yeah, I used to get the short ones and those were ok. Then the pharmacy gave me long ones. OMG. Those are nothing short of scary. And totally inappropriate for me.
I have nothing against Lantus. Well, except my allergy to it. But it worked really well when I wasn't allergic to it.
I hate the pen. It's super long and ridiculous looking. It's so ugly, I hate it. And the plunger at the top was hard for me to push down. I couldn't do it with one hand. And I really had to push hard to get the plunger down, causing the needle to wiggle around in me. Ow.
I much prefer the flexpens. Or syringes. Or best, my pump. |
02-20-2007, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Funnygrl
I hate the pen. It's super long and ridiculous looking. It's so ugly, I hate it. And the plunger at the top was hard for me to push down. I couldn't do it with one hand. And I really had to push hard to get the plunger down, causing the needle to wiggle around in me. Ow.
I much prefer the flexpens. Or syringes. Or best, my pump.
| It is long and odd looking. It took me forever to be able to push down the plunger with other fingers besides my thumb. I can relate to that, but now I can get it down no problem with either thumb or rither pointer fineer with no wiggling. Despite the pen being ugly it's a lot more easily portable and discreet than syringes. |
02-20-2007, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by BriOnH It is long and odd looking. It took me forever to be able to push down the plunger with other fingers besides my thumb. I can relate to that, but now I can get it down no problem with either thumb or rither pointer fineer with no wiggling. Despite the pen being ugly it's a lot more easily portable and discreet than syringes. | What do you currently use for bolus insulin?
Nm- Novolog- yay diabuddies. Do you use the flexpen then? Or the novopen? But I didn't know if novolog came in pen fills for the novopen. Their website says they don't. Yay confusion. |
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