Clinical Use and Evaluation of Insulin Pens

Comparison of intuitiveness, ease of use, and preference in two insulin pens.

BACKGROUND The intuitiveness, instruction time, and handling of the Levemir (insulin detemir) FlexPen and the Lantus OptiClik pen (with insulin glargine) were investigated. METHODS This randomized open-label crossover study involved two groups of insulin-device-naive Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes [mean (SD) age 61.9 +/- 12.3 years, 57% male]. Patients were evaluated on the ease-of-us...

Dose accuracy and injection force of different insulin glargine pens.

BACKGROUND Dose accuracy and injection force, representing key parameters of insulin pens, were determined for three pens delivering insulin glargine-based copies, Pen Royale (WR) and DispoPen (WD) for Glaritus® (Wockhardt) and GanLee Pen (GL) for Basalin® (Gan & Lee), compared with pens of the originator, ClikSTAR® (CS) and SoloSTAR® (SS) for Lantus® (Sanofi). METHODS Using the weighing proc...

Insulin pens: the modern delivery devices.

Strict glycemic control helps in reducing complications and mortality in patients with diabetes. Insulin remains the mainstay in treatment of diabetes. One of the most important barriers to insulin therapy is the use of conventional insulin delivery system, which remains time-consuming, cumbersome, inconvenient and painful. Insulin dosing via syringe is associated with a high risk of dosage err...

Factors affecting use of insulin pens by patients with type 2 diabetes.

OBJECTIVE To assess factors that might affect patient use of insulin pens. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Patients (n = 600: 300 using vial and syringe and 300 using pen) were recruited from national panels to participate in computer-assisted telephone interviews. Measures included: demographic characteristics; diabetes treatment and self-care factors; perceptions of pen convenience, clinical ef...

Best practices in ensuring the safe use of insulin pens in the hospital: Introduction.