Question about painful injections

[insulinjunkie]

I put this up in "diabudies" but no "budies" are there.

I keep my lantis in the fridge. And in the morning I do 10-13u depending. And every time I do it, it stings and burns and makes me go OWWW!!! I have let it sit to get to room temp and that makes no difference.

I use the ....
BD ULTRA-FINE
1/2" length
30 gauge

Had the smaller ones needles before but can't seem to find them all the time.
Does this happen to you too?

[Penny]

I put this up in "diabudies" but no "budies" are there.

I keep my lantis in the fridge. And in the morning I do 10-13u depending. And every time I do it, it stings and burns and makes me go OWWW!!! I have let it sit to get to room temp and that makes no difference.

I use the ....
BD ULTRA-FINE
1/2" length
30 gauge

Had the smaller ones needles before but can't seem to find them all the time.
Does this happen to you too?

My Lantus injection burns sometimes......but usually only when I take it in my thighs. I think mine is always according to where I inject.....certain areas of my stomach, the wrong place on my rear, but always on the thighs.

[BlueSky]

The larger the dose, the more likely it is that it will burn. So you could try splitting your 10-13 units between two shots, either given one after the other in different places, or at different times of the day. I use 14 units of Lantus daily - 7 units before bed and 7 units in the morning. I don't have a problem with burning, but it used to happen when I did only one shot a day.

[EasyType2]

Cold insulin/Lantus may be the problem. If I inject it straight from the fridge, it is painful. I fill a syringe, replace the vial, then allow the syringe to warm to room temp before injection. Only takes a few minutes.

[ant hill]

I get to inject in plases that are numb and to do that is just probe around and if there is a numb place then the needle shank gets a lookin that place. :)

[Gary_W]

Lantus is known as being a bit stingy as modern insulins go. It catches me occasionally but not often and I always do Lantus in my thighs.

I always use the 8mm 31g penfine needles. If I convert from the oldspeak, I'm guessing you are using 12mm (which is around 1/2 inch). May be significant? I much prefer the shorter needles as I find they give a more comfortable injection.

[miss_ok_ish]

My lantus stings abit to, normally if it bleeds abit, i find rubbing it hard helps, or get someone lese to rub it for you, haha

also i tried a 5mm needle and they are great, no pain at all i find.

[shockme]

my lantus sometimes burns.......and it's never cold. trish

[Jodie]

I take 28 units of Lantus at night. Its only cold when I change the cartridge. But its never burned me

[Olidus]

My Levemir only stings when I replace cart. and wipe off end with Alcohol wipe to put on 1st needle.
I believe it is the alcohol that does this - I get the same results on 1st use of NovaRapid use as well.