Re: spoke to nurse about med issue

[Guest guest]

,

Would it be possible for you to use a syringe when you have just a

little bit left in the cartridge? Let me explain....

If you use a syringe to draw up what is left in the cartridge, you

can then mix a new cartridge. Use the partially filled syringe with

the new cartridge and fill it up to the dose you should be giving.

Then, instead of using the pen for an injection, just use the

syringe. You could even get an injectease from your endo and use

that with the syringe so it won't hurt as much.

Jodi Z.

[Guest guest]

hey laura!!

when we were doing christopher's ght (we took a break at the end of

april as per dr h to get his weight and cal intake in check before

we restart this july) we use to give him what was left and then the

next night just give him his normal dose. we also use genotropin

and get it from tele-drug (we are luck though because for some

reason we dont have to pay a copay, not going to complain) this

seemed to work . we were told when we were taught to either give

the 2 shots that night or just what was left, we chose the lesser of

two evils!!

jodie

(nicholas-6 nonrss, christopher-3 rss 23lbs 8.5oz 33 " periactin, ght

genotropin(on hold until july), ADHD (possible), assmentry(left side

1cm), johnathon-11m nonrss)

> Hi All,

>

> I just spoke to the nurse at Liam's Endo's office and about the

Med. and

> insurance issue. She said that since the cartridges are over

filled and I

> have extra I should be giving him 2 shots on the night I change the

> cartridge. If I do not want to give him two shots I should just

give what is

> left in the cartridge before I throw it away and then the next

night add

> what I didn't give him the night before to his normal

dose.....Does that

> make sense to you?

> I thought you were never suspossed to double up. This is almost

lie doubling

> up.....

>

>

>

> Mom to Jed (11) and Liam (3)

>

>

[Guest guest]

WHAT!!!! here - Absolutely would not give him a double

dose -- call them back and ask to speak to the doctor, and make sure

he knows what the nurse told you. Would they give your child a

double dose of Tylenol??? And no, you don't give the balance the

next night.

If you give let's say 25 units, and there is only 22 left in the

vial, you draw up the 22 units until you get air, push back a bit

back into the vial to get rid of the air, and then get the new vial

ready. Now you draw up the balance of the 3 units into the same

syringe from the new vial. (the only problem is that you can't push

the equivalent air into the new vial like you would normally do, so

sometimes you have to pull abit on the plunger to draw up the last

remaining ccs. Jenn

> Hi All,

>

> I just spoke to the nurse at Liam's Endo's office and about the

Med. and

> insurance issue. She said that since the cartridges are over

filled and I

> have extra I should be giving him 2 shots on the night I change the

> cartridge. If I do not want to give him two shots I should just

give what is

> left in the cartridge before I throw it away and then the next

night add

> what I didn't give him the night before to his normal

dose.....Does that

> make sense to you?

> I thought you were never suspossed to double up. This is almost

lie doubling

> up.....

>

>

>

> Mom to Jed (11) and Liam (3)

>

>