We recently received the novo junior pen and I hate it so far. Can someone tell me if this is normal, afer we put a needle on it and prime it, the thing drips. We dial in the dosage and give the injection and than once we pull it out, it is still dripping. it is a slow drip but it seems insulin is always coming out of it.
Thanks in advance for you help!
Yes. Drips are normal. Make sure you slowly count to ten before you pull the needle out. I also had luck with making sure I pinched the skin up inserted the needle, counted to ten and then released the.skin and pulled the needle out at the same time.
You hate it? i had/have it and loved it… it gave me better control over my diabetes by far!
Oh and make sure you press hard on the inject button… it states that in the instructions
we push it all the way to zero…so after you pull it out, its normal to see drops? Do you know if there is an issue if the needle drips after I dial in the dosage unit but prior to injection? I’m not sure how the pen works, I’m guessing a lot different than a syringe.
I have had some drops even when hiding it in the skin for a count of ten. Totay normal for this to occur.
Yea ive had some drops also… its fine aslong as its not a stream!
When you inject, depress the plunger all the way until the full dose is delivered. Then stop pressing the plunger, but keep the needle inserted for a few seconds so that the insulin which was injected under pressure can equalize. Then when you remove the needle, you should get like a single small drop, but you should not get leaking or dripping.
If you have a sticky pen, such as when the pen is cold, you may find that continued pressing on the plunger as you pull out continues to release insulin. That may be the source of dripping.
Thanks everyone, this makes me feel a little better. We are somewhat new to this and her numbers are jumping around on us and this pen was not helping.
I always have a drop or two with pens as well, even when holding it in and counting to ten. i think they’re small fractions of a unit each, the impact it has on your post-meal blood sugar is probably pretty minimal.
When you use Novolog Junior, first, each time you use it you must prime the pen (we used to have to prime with two units each time before use). There will then be a drop of insulin on the pen sometimes. Shake it off, dial up amount needed and inject. After injecting, hold pen in place and count to ten before removing the pen. It is important to hold and count before removing pen. We only used the pen for about three months before going on the pump, so her blood sugar numbers were excellent (still a bit of a honeymoon). There may be a bit of a drop on the tip (so hard to remember) after removal of pen but pen was definitely not still dripping, as in a slow drip. Sounds as if you may be pulling out the pen too soon.
Thanks for the reply, I am counting to at least 10 seconds. We have even take it as far as using a stop watch a couple of times to make sure. In addition we have tested it with increasing to 15 and 20 seconds. the thing still beads up and drips insulin. I cant believe the company does not have a better hotline for this stuff. When I called them, the lady just read the instructions back to my face.
A single drip is always natural. Again, if you generate residual pressure, either by pressing the plunger, or by pinching too hard, there will be more insulin released when you remove the needle. Do you release the plunger and pinch before counting?
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How much are you injecting at once? Perhaps there is too much going in one spot at once? Have you tried dividing up the injection? Doing half of it in one spot and the rest in another? I use the pen and when my injection amount was much less (20cc) injection was no problem, but then I went up to 50cc and I started injecting in two different spots because I would some times have over flow or dripping. I also do it slowly (and pinch the skin), where in I give myself half of the injection, stop, wait a couple of seconds and then inject the remainder (and then count to 10 seconds before pulling it out). This I found also helps with drip-age. I’m sure the needle ends are on tightly/snugglie.
Yes I agree with the first comment. I have used a pen (Very different than needles) and after you inject and push the lever all the way down, you have to wait about 10 seconds. It is like a delayed reaction on actually injecting. Maybe wait 15-20 seconds if still dripping. Needles don’t do this but all pens do.
Every pen of any kind I’ve ever used had this problem. The quick answer is depress the plunger for 6-10 seconds, THEN pull it out.
And FYI the amount off insulin coming from the tip is not signifigant, looks like a geyser… it is not.
Stuart
I have a novo junior and I’ve never had it seem like it’s constantly dripping from the needle tip. There may be a little bit of moisture or as others have described a drop of insulin, but mine does not seem to “drip”. Wondering if the needles you’re using are compatible with the pen? Or maybe the vial of insulin you’re using is leaking from the tip. The pen doesn’t really touch the insulin, so I don’t think the pen is the problem.
I also hate the Novo Junior because it twists down when you push the plunger, which I find makes it more awkward to do injections than the adult pens.
I have the same pin and it has always had a drip when I give my shot and when I take it out it is OK ! As long as you hold it in your skin for 15-15 secs.