Does insulin have a "medicine" smell?

[Mike&Buddy]

I was hugging my boy and noticed a smell in the areas I give him shots, like a medicine like odor. I was wondering unless this a reaction to the insulin or am I giving "near" hit shots and some of it is finding its way back out on the skin? Am I maybe giving these furshots and just don't notice it? Maybe we need longer needles?

Mike

 

[squeem3]

Lantus does have a sort of antiseptic smell. It's normal :smile: If you smell Lantus on the fur after the injection, it's probably because you did a fur shot or some insulin lekaed out as the insulin syringe was being removed from the skin.

 

[Kelly & Oscar]

Lantus does have a medicine smell to it. Another possibility for the fur smelling like it - when you push up the plunger to the desired dose (squirting excess into the sink) you can have a bubble of insulin on the outside of the needle area that can get on the fur when you go to shoot. It doesn't always mean a fur shot, though a lot of the time it does.

 

[Emmy & Dude]

Levemir also has a distinct odor. Whenever I get some on my fingers or if I smell it on Dude's fur, I can be pretty certain that the next test will show numbers not-so-good. Definite smell.

Emmy & Dude (& Mittsi too)

 

[Venita]

Yes, there is a medicine smell. Pull some out of your vial/pen with a syringe and put it on your hand to smell it.

I shoot in a way that I do not get fur shots. I go straight in at a 90 degree angle in the side behind the ribs and in front of the meat of the leg. Or in the belly. I use a short needle and Ennis has plenty of padding. No tenting; Ennis didn't like having his skin pulled up.

You might want to try that.

 

[PeterDevonMocha]

Lantus smell reminds me of a band aid smell ..