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05-08-2008, 07:12 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: UK
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| |  List Of Insulin Pens
Hey,
I am trying to put together a list of all the most popular insulin pens.
Could I ge some help with finding out which are all the main ones that are available please?
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05-08-2008, 07:17 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia
Posts: 181
| | | I guess the main ones on the Australian market are:
NovoPen 4 (Cartridges) *not available in Aus*
NovoPen 3 (Cartridges)
Humapen Luxura (Cartridges) & Humapen Memoir (Cartridges with Memory)
Autopen24 (Cartridges)
Solostar (Prefill Lantus & Apidra)
Flexpen (Novo Nordisk prefill insulins)
KwikPen (Humalog prefill)
These are the ones that i currently know of. Of course there will be more!
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05-08-2008, 07:28 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: UK
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| | | Oh awesome thanks, great start, I didn't think I would get a list so soon!
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05-08-2008, 07:30 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia
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Originally Posted by gobbly2100  Oh awesome thanks, great start, I didn't think I would get a list so soon! | Haha no problems  In my experience from being around the world congresses and newly developing things with diabetes, there isn't much more than this from what i've seen. I'll see if i can find any more mainstream pens.
I think that will be most of them though, i just recalled the pens people use with all the mainstream insulins and listed them there
Glad to help out!
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05-08-2008, 09:51 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,583
| | | I'm in US...Humalog (fast-acting) and OptiClik (Lantus) |
05-08-2008, 10:04 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Universe, Planet Earth :P
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| | There's also a pen for Humalog called Humalog Ergo. It's a reusable pen... I've never tried it, but i know it exists 
I'm a fan of Novonordisk hehe
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05-08-2008, 04:23 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France
Posts: 785
| | | Optiset (lantus) disposable pen. I thinks its been superceeded by the solostar but its still available. |
05-08-2008, 04:27 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Australia, Melbourne
Posts: 232
| | | Novopen 3 demi (1/2 units) I used while on MDI.
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05-08-2008, 05:15 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: UK
Posts: 197
| | Disposable Pens
Disposable pens, what is the point in those exactly?
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05-08-2008, 06:19 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan
Posts: 919
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Originally Posted by gobbly2100 Disposable pens, what is the point in those exactly? | When the cartridge is empty you throw the whole thing away. They are not refillable.
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05-09-2008, 04:55 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Spotsylvania, VA (USA)
Posts: 1,363
| | I use:
Humalog Pen (prefilled)
and
Lantus SoloStar (prefilled)
And I love them
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