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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / December 2006Requesting help about syringes
Right now I'm in a money crunch and I'm wondering if you can use the same syringe more than twice? I usually use my lancets for about a week, then I change to a new one. But I've been discarding my insulin syringes about using them twice. I take two different insulins and I can combine them into one syringe so I'm using atleast two every two days. Since I'm the only one injecting myself I'm hoping that I could extend the usage to one syringe per week. Any advice would help me alot. thanks fury161 >Right now I'm in a money crunch and I'm wondering if you can use the >same syringe more than twice? I usually use my lancets for about a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >I'm hoping that I could extend the usage to one syringe per week. >Any advice would help me alot. The cheapest place to get U100 syringes is walmart - 100 31 gage for about $13. I reuse each syringe ten times. the 31 gage syringes do not leave bruises on the tenth use. Ask Mack or OldAl about using the same syringe for different insulins since they are much more knowledgeable about it. Cheapest place to get your sticks is ebay. _____________________________________ http://www.healthdiabeticsoftware.com/ Free I use my syringe per vial and my lancettes about a month. > Right now I'm in a money crunch and I'm wondering if you can use the > same syringe more than twice? I usually use my lancets for about a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > thanks > fury161 >I use my syringe per vial and my lancettes about a month. You use one syringe continuously until a insulin vial is empty? Are you nuts or something? If you used 30u each time, that would mean the syringe would be use about 33 times. Explain how the syringe needle remains sharp after that much use? Even using it 10 times, the tenth use is noticeable. After 30 times, it has to leave bruises since the needle is so dull. Everything has limits. >>I use my syringe per vial and my lancettes about a month. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > use is noticeable. After 30 times, it has to leave bruises since the > needle is so dull. Everything has limits. I've yet to find the limits of a syringe though. I even use a pen needle for two pen cartridges coz I can't be arsed changing needles.  SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 >Right now I'm in a money crunch and I'm wondering if you can use the >same syringe more than twice? I usually use my lancets for about a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >thanks >fury161 I use my syringes for days, and my lancets for months. However, I don't have to mix insulins in one syringe, and I'm not so sure that's a good idea to keep re-using them if you're mixing. However, do you *have* to mix them? If you keep one syringe for each kind, and just take two shots -- one with each kind of insulin -- then the syringes are staying "unmixed" which might be safer for lots of reuse. However, someone with more knowledge of the perils of mixing should talk to you about this! > Right now I'm in a money crunch and I'm wondering if you can use the > same syringe more than twice? I use the same syringe until I've worn off the writing and I'm reduced to guessing what dose I'll get:-) And I don't pay for my syringes, so it's not a money thing, just me being a lazy get. I usually use my lancets for about a > week, then I change to a new one. But I've been discarding my > insulin syringes about using them twice. I take two different > insulins and I can combine them into one syringe so I'm using > atleast two every two days. Since I'm the only one injecting myself > I'm hoping that I could extend the usage to one syringe per week. > Any advice would help me alot. Current advice in the diabetic clinic is DON'T use a syringe more than once, (and the show a picture of a needle to hammer the point home, and that needle WOULD need a hammer to get it's point through), but I still do. SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 |
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