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11-22-2007, 02:10 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Oregon City
Posts: 14
| |  Question about painful injections
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?
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Last edited by insulinjunkie : 11-22-2007 at 02:11 PM.
Reason: becuase I said so
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11-22-2007, 02:13 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio
Posts: 4,682
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Originally Posted by 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? | 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.
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11-22-2007, 02:27 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posts: 2,156
| | | 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.
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11-22-2007, 03:09 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 543
| | | 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.
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11-22-2007, 03:34 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hastings Melbourne Australia
Posts: 3,110
| | 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.  |
11-22-2007, 05:22 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK
Posts: 887
| | | 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. |
11-23-2007, 08:13 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: london
Posts: 61
| | | 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.
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Novomix 30 (Phased out)
NovoRapid
Lantus - 14 units
A1C:
03/05/07 - 12
26/07/07 - 11
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11-23-2007, 08:17 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: illinois
Posts: 3,316
| | | my lantus sometimes burns.......and it's never cold. trish |
11-23-2007, 08:19 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 113
| | | I take 28 units of Lantus at night. Its only cold when I change the cartridge. But its never burned me |
11-23-2007, 08:27 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada, Prince Edward Island
Posts: 476
| | | 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.
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October 8, 2008 - 6.1
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Levemir at Bedtime
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