Lantus Pen

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FluffBunny

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Hi. I have been here before with my cat, Oliver, who had prednisone induced diabetes and was able to get off insulin after a few months of close monitoring. I now have another cat who has diabetes and I am struggling to relearn everything I learned here. One quick question today. I just bought a 10 ml vial of Lantus. I noticed that I will be able to buy a single Lantus pen on line, but the instructions for the pen say not to refrigerate after opening. Does the pen really last only 28 days when it isn't refrigerated? Or does it last longer, like the refrigerated vial.

Thanks in advance for any information you can give me on using a pen vs. a vial.
 
FYI - all insulin (to my knowledge) needs to be refrigerated even before opening and I know this holds true for Lantus. If it's not been in the fridge then I would not buy it myself. I am getting about 6 weeks with my pen and it depends on the dosage. higher the dose, the more you use and the shorter it lasts............
 
Keep the pen in the fridge!!

The reason they have that on their website (and information pack) is because of the "dial-a-dose" mechanism......cold can cause it to fail.

Since we don't use the "dial-a-dose", it doesn't matter. We use regular insulin syringes and draw the insulin out of the pen
 
Chris & China said:
Keep the pen in the fridge!!

The reason they have that on their website (and information pack) is because of the "dial-a-dose" mechanism......cold can cause it to fail.

Since we don't use the "dial-a-dose", it doesn't matter. We use regular insulin syringes and draw the insulin out of the pen
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See........you learn something new every day!! :smuggrin:
 
@Shawna & Davidson - The pens were developed so that humans didn't have to keep them refrigerated which was an issue for diabetics when they were traveling. (Think in terms of an international flight where you could be traveling for 24hrs.) However, the dose for humans is considerably larger than for most cats so having insulin unrefrigerated for a month is less of an issue.
 
Sienne and Gabby (GA) said:
@Shawna & Davidson - The pens were developed so that humans didn't have to keep them refrigerated which was an issue for diabetics when they were traveling. (Think in terms of an international flight where you could be traveling for 24hrs.) However, the dose for humans is considerably larger than for most cats so having insulin unrefrigerated for a month is less of an issue.
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Ahhh, those humans are always thinking, lol. Thanks Sienne.
 
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