Guest guest Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 I have a question about what contraptions people use for giving GH shots and what the pros and cons are. We use the Genotropin Pen for giving Genotropin GH and it has worked wonderfully so far. It is all contained in the pen and Abby never sees the needle because it is covered by a plastic cover that retracts when you give the shot. Also, how do people get a choice about what they use? Between the doctor, the nurse and the insurance company no one ever asked us what we wanted. Sherri D. - Mom to 6 year old twins - Abby (RSS) and Sam (NonRSS) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 The problem with the pen is that you can not make very small dosage adjustments. This can be quite problematic for a young child, who gains weight in small increments and needs to have the GH dosage adjusted in small amounts just to remain even, based on weight change. The Eli Lilly Injectease is similar in that it hides the needle but you fill up the syringe yourself from the vial of GH, and then drop the needle/syringe into the Injectease, lock it. Now the needle is hidden from the child. You press the Injectease against the skin (kind of like a Bic pen without the pen cartridge pushed down). The Injectease has a spring-loaded button that you push and it spring- pushes the needle into the skin, you push down the syringe plunger and lift off the Injectease from the skin in a count of 3. Very fast, very easy. And when the child is younger, it allows for a better calibration of dosages. As the child gets older, and the dosages are greater, and weight gains of 2-3 pounds don't affect the dosage as much, pens have been reported by parents to be much easier. Salem > > I have a question about what contraptions people use for giving GH > shots and what the pros and cons are. We use the Genotropin Pen for > giving Genotropin GH and it has worked wonderfully so far. It is all > contained in the pen and Abby never sees the needle because it is > covered by a plastic cover that retracts when you give the shot. > > Also, how do people get a choice about what they use? Between the > doctor, the nurse and the insurance company no one ever asked us what > we wanted. > > Sherri D. - Mom to 6 year old twins - Abby (RSS) and Sam (NonRSS) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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