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02-07-2008, 10:23 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK
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| | | Lantus SoloStar
Well I figured for those of you thinking of using the SoloStar I would post some quick pictures of it. I’ve not used it, although it does feel lighter and seems sturdy.
Novo 3 Demi - Dark blue/Orange
Autopen 24 - Green
Lantus SoloStar - Silver
Sorry for grainyness of pictures, but you get the idea. |
02-07-2008, 10:53 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Derby,UK
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| | | hey that looks pretty dam good
is it available on prescription? or will i only be able to get it at my consultants? |
02-07-2008, 11:04 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bucks County, PA, USA
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| | | In the U.S., it is available only by prescription. I've been using it since it came out. Works great.
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02-07-2008, 11:07 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Spotsylvania, VA (USA)
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| | I use it too, and like it 
__________________  S. Jill O'Roark -- Spotsylvania, VA (USA)
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Lantus, Humalog, Daily Exercise
And quit bringing up our forefathers and saying they were civil libertarians. Our founding fathers would have never tolerated any of this... For God's sake, they were blowing peoples' heads off because they put a tax on their breakfast beverage. And it wasn't even coffee.” -- Dennis Miller
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02-07-2008, 12:41 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Falconer, NY
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| | I use Lantus SoloStar along with the Novolog Flex Pen 
__________________  Current Treatment: Lantus: 45u @ Night Novolog: 1:15 Carb. Ratio High Correction: (y-120/25=x) A1C: None Recent Going To Get Labwork Soon  |
02-07-2008, 01:09 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007
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| | | I wish they had made it in a much brighter/contrast color than the Humalog pen! Like a bright red or purple...
I think I would wrap some day-glo duct tape around mine...
I'm still using the OptiClik...I've learned to love/hate it. At least it's so clunky you aren't likely to reach for it by accident. |
02-07-2008, 01:45 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Spotsylvania, VA (USA)
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| | | I do agree with Alice. I've not mixed up my pens, but I could see how it would be easy to do so.
__________________ S. Jill O'Roark -- Spotsylvania, VA (USA)
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Lantus, Humalog, Daily Exercise
And quit bringing up our forefathers and saying they were civil libertarians. Our founding fathers would have never tolerated any of this... For God's sake, they were blowing peoples' heads off because they put a tax on their breakfast beverage. And it wasn't even coffee.” -- Dennis Miller
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02-07-2008, 02:00 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Universe, Planet Earth :P
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| | The SoloStar does look nice, but i'm on Levemir these days, and Novorapid, so i'm on the NP4's If i had still been on Lantus, i'd probably give the SoloStars a go... I really HATED the prefilled Lantus pen i used...
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Type1 since october 2004.
Silver Animas 2020 (but on pump break) 
MDI: Novorapid and Levemir with Novopen4
Mainly testing with: OneTouch UltraSmart called "The Vampire" and a Freestyle LITE called Buffy
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02-07-2008, 03:44 PM
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| | | Yeah, I've almost mixed them up. Fortunately, the feel of the dial is so different it stops you. They should have made the pen purple, like the lable, or a different shape. The look very similar.
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02-07-2008, 03:45 PM
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| | Its prescription in the UK, but my doctor didn’t have a problem prescribing me a trail run of them (comes in a box of 6). Even though I had to fight to get test strips I did my first injection today with the new pen and I found it pretty good, no watery stuff comes out like on the Autopen 24 (insulin I assume) when I inject. However dial is a bit fiddly, maybe I’m just being too picky and not use to it yet  I hope it might reduce the chances of having “holes” in Lantus cover. |
02-07-2008, 05:24 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hastings Melbourne Australia
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| | | Lantus Solorstar
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02-08-2008, 03:25 AM
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Originally Posted by shiftzor  I hope it might reduce the chances of having “holes” in Lantus cover. | Errr.... don't get your hopes up! The insulin is the same stuff. That said the SoloStar is much much better than the dreaded Autopen 24. I used to hate the spring loaded injection system. It always seemed to put in the insulin too fast and I would frequently find insulin leaking back around the needle and onto my leg after injecting. Not exactly confidence inspiring - plus I prefer to control my own injection thank you very much!
I also use the SoloStar for Apidra (the Apidra pen looks the same except it is blue). Obviously the bolus insulin pen gets used much more frequently than the basal. Haven't had any problems with it to date.
Joel
BTW If your pens come in boxes of 6, you must be getting yours on the Tesco special offer (Buy five get one free). Mine come in 5's. |
02-08-2008, 05:55 AM
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| | That SoloStar looks quite nice. But Autopen 24 looks like something I would never use! 
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02-08-2008, 06:48 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southwest Missouri, USA
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| | | I have used all of the newer autopens (Lantus, Levemir and the Novolog). I prefer the SoloStar from Lantus over the others, hands down. It feels better in the hand, it's easier to inject, and the motion of the injection is much more fluid.
I really like the ease of use of the pens, especially while my doctors are adjusting my insulin levels up about 3 times a week. I'm still out of control, however my spikes are rarer and rarer, and my morning BGL's, while still high, are becoming more and more consistant.
Regards,
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02-08-2008, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by JJM335 BTW If your pens come in boxes of 6, you must be getting yours on the Tesco special offer (Buy five get one free). Mine come in 5's. | I think it’s a new side effect of Lantus, it stops me counting pens in boxes marked Lantus  My boxes also come in 5.
Has anyone tried the Opticlik? It appears to be digital and my doctor nearly gave it to me instead of the SolorStar. It's also disposable (cartridge system at least) OptiClik - Getting to Know Your Opticlik Pen |
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