Re: Norditropin & Inject Ease???? - B

[Guest guest]

Hey ,

Did you say you were going to use Genotropin??? That is what we use for

Bran. Dr H told us to tell them we wanted Genotropin with a mixer. You get

the GH in a glass vial, where the dry powder is separated from the liquid.

You place this vial in the " mixer " and screw down the cap until the

separator in the vial breaks and the liquid mixes with the powder. Once all

the powder is dissolved, (we were told we could tip the vial back and forth,

but to never shake the vial) you draw the specified number of units out of

the vial with an insulin syringe. It's very easy to do.

My biggest worry in the beginning was whether or not I'd get all the air out

of the syringe! LOL I've found if I pull a small amount of GH into the

syringe, tap it, and then push it back into the vial, all the air goes with

it, and I can draw an air-free syringe with no problem.

It was also my understanding that you can do this with ANY GH as long as you

specify that you prefer the mixer/syringe method instead of the pen, before

you start injections. That way this is what they will train you with, and

what you'll have on hand when the GH is delivered.

One caution with the pen device. We started Bran's GH shots at the

Convention, so we weren't prepared with syringes, an Inject-Ease, mixer,

etc... Jodi Z and Carmen had extra syringes and were nice enough to allow us

to borrow them. Anyway, we had to go back to the pen device until the supply

company could deliver the syringes and the Inject-Ease. Well, when the pen

was tried, for the very first shot, it DIDN'T work!! Apparently the battery,

or whatever was faulty, in the brand new pen!! So I would make sure that

when you get your training, have everything on hand, and make sure that you

use YOUR pen (if you choose to go that route) for the first shot, so that

you're sure it's working properly.

Personally, now that I've gotten used to it, I much prefer the

syringe/Inject-Ease method over using the pen. I can even do the shots

without the Inject-Ease when I have too! LOL Big step from my first shot at

the Convention, huh Jodi???

Hugs and Good Luck!!

Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 4 yrs old, G-Tube, GHT)

[Guest guest]

Pat,

I'm reading your post and thinking you were making me

a nice cocktail to start the procedure - LOL!!!

Well right now I have the inject ease device which I

think I would prefer to use over the pen but I don't

know what the pen looks like in person and how it

works really.

I think, for insurance purposes, we are going to go

with Norditropin. It looked like they can send you

pens already filled? I have no clue and mixing this is

a real project, so it seems!!

B

and Kelli

--- pcpets wrote:

> Hey ,

>

> Did you say you were going to use Genotropin??? That

> is what we use for

> Bran. Dr H told us to tell them we wanted Genotropin

> with a mixer. You get

> the GH in a glass vial, where the dry powder is

> separated from the liquid.

> You place this vial in the " mixer " and screw down

> the cap until the

> separator in the vial breaks and the liquid mixes

> with the powder. Once all

> the powder is dissolved, (we were told we could tip

> the vial back and forth,

> but to never shake the vial) you draw the specified

> number of units out of

> the vial with an insulin syringe. It's very easy to

> do.

>

> My biggest worry in the beginning was whether or not

> I'd get all the air out

> of the syringe! LOL I've found if I pull a small

> amount of GH into the

> syringe, tap it, and then push it back into the

> vial, all the air goes with

> it, and I can draw an air-free syringe with no

> problem.

>

> It was also my understanding that you can do this

> with ANY GH as long as you

> specify that you prefer the mixer/syringe method

> instead of the pen, before

> you start injections. That way this is what they

> will train you with, and

> what you'll have on hand when the GH is delivered.

>

> One caution with the pen device. We started Bran's

> GH shots at the

> Convention, so we weren't prepared with syringes, an

> Inject-Ease, mixer,

> etc... Jodi Z and Carmen had extra syringes and were

> nice enough to allow us

> to borrow them. Anyway, we had to go back to the pen

> device until the supply

> company could deliver the syringes and the

> Inject-Ease. Well, when the pen

> was tried, for the very first shot, it DIDN'T work!!

> Apparently the battery,

> or whatever was faulty, in the brand new pen!! So I

> would make sure that

> when you get your training, have everything on hand,

> and make sure that you

> use YOUR pen (if you choose to go that route) for

> the first shot, so that

> you're sure it's working properly.

>

> Personally, now that I've gotten used to it, I much

> prefer the

> syringe/Inject-Ease method over using the pen. I can

> even do the shots

> without the Inject-Ease when I have too! LOL Big

> step from my first shot at

> the Convention, huh Jodi???

>

> Hugs and Good Luck!!

> Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 4 yrs old, G-Tube, GHT)

>

>

>

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