Will Novolin Penfills fit in a Lilly Luxura HD Pen?

Type 1 and LADA
#1

I’m trying to experiment with using refillable pens rather than syringes to cut down on waste, and I managed to get my hands on some Novolin R penfills (as I mainly use R for bolus). Unfortunately, I couldn’t find NovoEcho Pens anywhere, and settled with buying Lilly Luxura HD Pens instead because I could find them at an affordable price.

Question now is, will the penfills I have work in this pen? Or are they just too different? Does anybody else have any experience with this? I’d love to know if I can and, if not, if there’s a way to make them fit.

#2

They are different… I bought a novopen4 from Canada…FdA said it wasn’t different enough so in the us only the novopen echo is available, but I enjoyed knowing if I only had 20 units left, or 3 units left, and the novopen4 will stop at 60 units, where the echo is only 30. The echo plus or novo pen 5 could probably purchase from Canada, but it might take a little while to find and receive. The novopen cartridges are a little skinnier and have the pen needle threads on every one

#3

Also, some people claim you can take the tip off the novopen cartridge, and you can, but the width of the cartridges are different, plus the novopen 5 is better than the luxura HD…it’ll at least tell you how many units you have left

#4

The Echo Plus (and NovoPen 6) are not out yet. They will have Bluetooth connectivity when they do come out.

NovoPen 5 and Echo are out, and NovoPen 4 is probably still available. Having said that, I’ve never bought one, and I don’t think pharmacies carry them. I’ve always gotten them for free through my endocrinologist or by calling the insulin manufacturer directly.

#5

In the us, the disposable pens are pushed…we have access to luxurahd(max 30 units), auto pen 42 units max, and novopen echo 30 units max…the novopen 4,5, and soon 6 we have to buy from Canada…