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03-03-2012, 11:49 PM
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Is Activa the only Jet Injector Manufacturer Left?
It recently occured to me that with my copays having gone up, I'm spending a lot on syringes, and I don't like feeling that I'm hurting the environment with all this medical waste, so I thought I'd take a look at jet injectors again.
I have in the past used a jet injector on a diabetic kid that I was babysitting, and I used to have a classmate who used a different brand of jet injector. Both of those were more than three years ago. And I can't find what it looks like they had. So, has anybody on here used a jet injector in the past year?
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-Jonah dx age 17, now 24 on Lantus via Solostar on Novolin R via Gentle Jet Injector monitoring with Dexcom G4 and accu chek aviva 
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03-30-2012, 05:53 PM
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The kid I babysat used the jet injector for Lantus without a problem. Lantus forms crystals within the blood that slowly break into usable insulin, is my understanding, so it's not much of a problem if it gets absorbed more quickly. I dunno. It could be that it would be a problem for some people and not others, but it definitely wasn't a problem for the kid I babysat.
I'm actually thinking of only using it for my Regular and not my Lantus because it only works with vials. And I take so little Lantus that if I get Lantus in the only size viable available in the US, 10mL, and don't use it more than a month after I open it, then I throw away more Lantus than I use. So I've been using Lantus from insulin pens. I kinda wonder if I can use a big syringe to empty the contents of an insulin pen into a vial and then use the Lantus that way. Dunno.  Am pretty sure it wouldn't be an FDA-approved way to use the Lantus though.
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-Jonah dx age 17, now 24 on Lantus via Solostar on Novolin R via Gentle Jet Injector monitoring with Dexcom G4 and accu chek aviva
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03-31-2012, 10:24 AM
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LantusFiend, tx for your input. I am sort of considering the AdvantaJet . I can especially see the advantage for you of a jet injector to speed up the absorption of Regular with its long duration of action.
I'm guessing a jet-injected dose of Lantus would disperse more under my skin and not last 24 hours, so I'd have to split the dose. Or I could use a syringe for Lantus and jet injector for meals. Jet injectors are a weird thing to contemplate. Despite superior absorption, they get almost no mention. A jet injector would at least be something different from the same ol' grind of 8 syringes a day without breaking the bank (like a pump).
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