Bubba 1.27 AMPS =87 Preloading syringes.

[Bobbie And Bubba]

Yesterday


Good Morning L & L ~

Bubba is behaving this morning!

Question about preloading syringes. So, I know it's a no no but would preloading it for no more than 3 hours and it being in the refrigerator be a bad thing? I have to go away one Sunday and have the pet sitter come in to feed and shoot. I will be home 3 hours later . Bubba's dose is a hard one to measure, 1.1 (using calipers) and I don't want to reduce him to on the 1 unit line for the ease of the pet sitter.

I read that the preloaded syringes should be needle up in the refrigerator.

Vines to all Beans and Kitties in need.

 

[carfurby (GA)]

Nice start for Bubba this morning. I know it is not ideal to preload syringes, but I have done it before. I don't think it would hurt anything for one dose for the petsitter. I've not heard that about the needle being up. I just laid the syringe in the fridge.

 

[Sienne and Gabby (GA)]

I suspect you'll be OK for 3 hrs but I honestly don't know. I have no doubt that there are members who had drawn up a syringe, left it on the counter, came back 3 hrs later and shot after realizing that they had forgotten to give their kitty a shot.

 

[Bobbie And Bubba]

needle being up

What I read was that way the insulin isn't running down into the needle and clogging it.

 

[Bobbie And Bubba]

I suspect you'll be OK for 3 hrs but I honestly don't know. I have no doubt that there are members who had drawn up a syringe, left it on the counter, came back 3 hrs later and shot after realizing that they had forgotten to give their kitty a shot.

That's kind of what I think too. Thanks for the input.

 

[Juliet]

That's kind of what I think too. Thanks for the input.

And I also know it’s not the best idea but I prefill every day. I cannot see straight to fill a syringe at 5:30am - it’s all I can do to shoot straight that early so I prefill the night before. I also prefilled for my pet sitter for 5 days when I had to go away and she couldn’t measure micro doses. Silver came to no harm and the insulin still worked. Three hours is nothing.

 

[Tracey&Jones (GA)]

I have done it once when I was going out. Person was ok with testing and shooting just not drawing the dose. It didn't seem to affect his numbers at all.

 

[Bobbie And Bubba]

And I also know it’s not the best idea but I prefill every day. I cannot see straight to fill a syringe at 5:30am - it’s all I can do to shoot straight that early so I prefill the night before. I also prefilled for my pet sitter for 5 days when I had to go away and she couldn’t measure micro doses. Silver came to no harm and the insulin still worked. Three hours is nothing.

I think 3 hours will be just fine. From what I read, more than 3 days is not desirable as the efficacy of the insulin breaks down from the lubricant in the syringe.

 

[AZJenks]

I'm perfectly comfortable with a prefilled syringe under these circumstances.

Information is pretty sparse on the subject aside from the blanket "just say no to prefilling", but check out the "Prefilled Syringe Stability" section in this article:

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/26/9/2665

Reading between the lines, it seems that Sanofi's own internal studies indicate that Lantus can remain within specifications for up to 2 days in a refrigerated, prefilled syringe. Three hours, on one single occasion, shouldn't pose any problem whatsoever in comparison.

 

[Judy and Boomer]

Nice AMPS Bubba!
It's my understanding that it loses it's potency. But that being said, if the alternative is to skip the shot then it really doesn't matter and you might as well pre-fill the syringe for your kitty sitter.

 

[Carol & Murphy (GA)]

It really is a conundrum Lately, I've been doing what Juliet does - when I measure his evening dose, I also do the next am dose - then lay in refrigerator I also pre-measure the additives for his food for the next morning - saves time at 5:30 am. This way, I can test, feed and shoot in less than 10 minutes at 5:30, and can go BTB
It'll be fine, Bobby

 

[Bobbie And Bubba]

I'm perfectly comfortable with a prefilled syringe under these circumstances.

Information is pretty sparse on the subject aside from the blanket "just say no to prefilling", but check out the "Prefilled Syringe Stability" section in this article:

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/26/9/2665

Reading between the lines, it seems that Sanofi's own internal studies indicate that Lantus can remain within specifications for up to 2 days in a refrigerated, prefilled syringe. Three hours, on one single occasion, shouldn't pose any problem whatsoever in comparison.

Thanks for that link; it supports what I read elsewhere.

 

[Juliet]

I think 3 hours will be just fine. From what I read, more than 3 days is not desirable as the efficacy of the insulin breaks down from the lubricant in the syringe.

Didn't have any effect on Silver whatsoever but ECID.