8/5/11 callie and different syringes

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calliecat an marty

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hello everyone!

I got callie some different syringes at walmart the Relion 3/10 31g 8mm short needles, my question is someone on someone's post put a link to not only the conversion chart but also one with a picture of both needles if anyone has that link could you please post it to me , thank you very much !
 
Carl on the conversion chart the u 40 syringes for one unit on the 100 syringes would it be the first two biggest marks and the the little on after that ?? I know I'm not wording this right but I hope you understand ! I haven't used the new ones on callie cause I'm not sure if what I think is one unit is truely one unit , thats why I wanted to see the pictures .
 
I can't see your u100 syringe! My understanding is that they are marked in half unit increments, so yes, on the u100 I am assuming the whole units would be the bigger line and the small lines would be 1/2 unit markings.

You have one of each in front of you? If you can, draw up like three units of water into the u40, then squirt it into a tiny container. then draw it out of that container into a u100, and see if it comes up to the 7.5 line. You might have to use bigger amounts, but see where the water drawn into the u40 and squirted out comes up in the u100. Make sense?

carl
 
On these syringes, whole units are on the right and half units are on the left side. If you wanted to give 1 unit, you'd pull insulin to the 2.5 mark. I usually look at the whole units on the right first to count them, then look on the left to ensure I go up to the correct half unit mark. If you wanted to give 1.1 unit, that's trickier but still pretty easy. 1U = 2.5 mark and 1.2U = 3.0 mark, so 1.1U is just over the 2.5 mark on the syringe.

There are pictures somewhere (no bookmark, unfortunately) that show how you can measure out increments like this, but basically you ensure the insulin is drawn up so the plunger is just over the line if you are trying to go in between unit markings.

Hopefully someone will have a link to those pictures because they are terrific!

EDITED TO FIX A TYPO - 1U = 2.5 mark, 1.2U = 3 mark on a U100.
 
There are pictures of just the u100's on the lantus forum in one of the stickied threads that show incremental doses I think. I couldn't find one that compared the two types side by side though.

carl
 
I've been looking at ALOT OF THREADS looking for it lol , I thought the day I seen it I book marked but I guess I didn't ,If I find it I will post it ;-) ( I was right on what I thought the dose on the smaller syringes ) thank you for responding :-D
 
calliecat said:
hello everyone!

I got callie some different syringes at walmart the Relion 3/10 31g 8mm short needles, my question is someone on someone's post put a link to not only the conversion chart but also one with a picture of both needles if anyone has that link could you please post it to me , thank you very much !
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Your sginature says you are using Prozinc, correct? And you got the Relion U100 insulin syringes, correct?

Someone above has alraedy posted the conversion chart.

Here is a picture of using U40 insulin in a U100 insulin syringe:

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Also another picture here:

http://images.wikia.com/diabetesindogs/images/a/a1/U100syringe_U40insulin.jpg

If you meant a picure of a U40 insulin syringe and a U100 insulin syringe, I know there are plenty of good U100 insulin syringe pictures out there but I haven't seen any good picture of a U40 insulin syringe.
 
carlinsc said:
I can't see your u100 syringe! My understanding is that they are marked in half unit increments, so yes, on the u100 I am assuming the whole units would be the bigger line and the small lines would be 1/2 unit markings.

You have one of each in front of you? If you can, draw up like three units of water into the u40, then squirt it into a tiny container. then draw it out of that container into a u100, and see if it comes up to the 7.5 line. You might have to use bigger amounts, but see where the water drawn into the u40 and squirted out comes up in the u100. Make sense?

carl
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Not quite.

Just draw up 3.0 units of U-40 insulin in your U-40 syringe. Then hold it
next to the U-100 syringe and it should line up approximately to the 7.5-unit line
on the U-100 syringe.

No need to squirt it into another container and re-draw it. You lose some liquid
that way.

This is just to prove to yourself that 3 units of U-40 you draw to the 7.5 unit-line in
a U-100 syringe.

Now trust me on this next part:

Just do this little bit of easy math (use a calculator if you need to):

Number of units of U-40 times 2.5 = the UNIT-MARK on the U-100 syringe.

For example: 3.0 units of U-40 times 2.5 = 7.5 UNIT-MARK on the U-100 syringe.

Don't worry if the unit-marks on the two different syringes don't line up exactly.
The internal diameter of the syringe barrel can effect this and different brands
of syringes. Just do the math or use the chart and draw to the unit-mark indicated.

Remember, though, always state your dose as the number of U-40 units. NOT
the unit-mark on the U-100 syringe. We, and your vet, want to know the DOSE,
not the unit-mark on the U-100 syringe.

And don't forget---the very first line, next to the needle on any syringe is 'zero'.

So for U-100 syringes, the very first line is 'zero', then 1,2,3,4,5 (first numbered line).
If you have 1/2-unit marked U-100 syringes, then there are little tick marks for the
1/2 units).
 
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