Numbers dropping rapidly, need some help.

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Alexi said:
@TempestsMum - the link I gave you is the 0.5 ml, u40 0.5 unit marked syringes which I use and it is possible to eyeball 0.25 units http://www.vetuk.co.uk/insulin-syri...nsulin-syringe-with-needle-box-of-100-p-11335

You need the 0.5ml syringes not the 1 ml - unfortunately they don't do a 0.3ml syringe which would make it easier. If you need even smaller doses the bd microfine are a decent brand but they are u100 so you would need to do a conversion. https://www.amazon.co.uk/MicroFine-0-3ml-Insulin-Syringes-U100/dp/B00K86ZO20/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1471197327&sr=8-1&keywords=bd microfine 0.3ml insulin syringes u100 demi box of 100
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Great thanks Alexi I am going to go order a box the ones I have are hard to do smaller doses with. I don't really know what all the numbers and gauges mean yet. :)
 
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Ok so just tested her bg at 310 tonight so that means I give 1/2 unit I think?
 
Alexi said:
@TempestsMum - the link I gave you is the 0.5 ml, u40 0.5 unit marked syringes which I use and it is possible to eyeball 0.25 units http://www.vetuk.co.uk/insulin-syri...nsulin-syringe-with-needle-box-of-100-p-11335

You need the 0.5ml syringes not the 1 ml - unfortunately they don't do a 0.3ml syringe which would make it easier. If you need even smaller doses the bd microfine are a decent brand but they are u100 so you would need to do a conversion. https://www.amazon.co.uk/MicroFine-0-3ml-Insulin-Syringes-U100/dp/B00K86ZO20/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1471197327&sr=8-1&keywords=bd microfine 0.3ml insulin syringes u100 demi box of 100
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Hi Alexi the syringes arrived this morning. :)
I'm trying to work out how to give 0.25 with them. The first mark is 5u, im assuming the lower (mark at half) would be 2.5u and the first notch at the very bottom is 1u?

Many thanks! :cat:
 
Bobbie And Bubba said:
Hey there. If you are going to use U100 syringes with Prozinc, you will need the conversion table which is below. The dosing will be more like 0.20 unit increments rather than 0.25 increments. It will allow you do micro dose.

http://www.felinediabetes.com/insulin-conversions.htm

Yell if you need help. When I first start using the U100 I would triple check myself on the conversation chart.
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Hi Bobbie :) thank you!
These are u40 syringes with 0.5ml marks on them, numbers are not my thing and syringes even less so. And this I definitely don't want to get wrong. The first mark says 5u on it and it goes up to 20u with tiny marks in between.
 
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Hi @TempestsMum. If you hold the syringe up to the light you can see a number 5, this is the 5 unit mark, half way between that and the needle is a long mark - this is the 2.5 unit mark, each of the small marks is 0.5 units, the last small mark just by the end of the syringe is the zero start point, so to draw up 1 unit you would pull from there to 2 small marks higher up. To draw up the insulin depress the plunger fully then slowly pull back until you hit the right mark for your dose, if you are doing a 0.25 increment then the black end of the plunger needs to be midway between the marks, it helps to hold the syringe up to the light when you do this. You can do a few practice runs testing where each dose falls on the marks before you draw up the insulin by watching where the black end of the plunger ends up. Strictly speaking u40 insulin should have red caps and not orange, but written on the side of the syringe is 'u40 insulin only'.
 
Yes I see @Alexi thats definitely easier looking than what I'm doing thanks :) so 0.25 would be between the very bottom mark (0) and the first notch with the plunger inbeteeen. I appreciate the help and the links! Am also using the strips you suggested as my local pharmacy keep them so very handy!
 
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