FAQs

<p>Recommended storage conditions: the product should be stored in clean and dry rooms. Storage temperature: 5°C to 40°C.</p>

<p>Used pen needles should be disposed of safely in accordance with the local regulations.</p>

<p>Your doctor will prescribe you the drug for your treatment. Before injecting, ask your doctor or health care professional for advice on choosing the needle gage and length and proper injection technique.<br><br>Immediately before your first injection, carefully read the Instructions For Use of the pen needles and your pen injector as well as the Patient Information Leaflet of your drug. There may be certain differences for subcutaneous injections depending on your disease, drug and treatment regime.</p>

<p>The injection site and technique should be recommended to you by your healthcare professional.</p><p>The recommended injection techniques are:</p><ul><li>Injection with a skin fold at a 90° angle. It is recommended that you inject into a skin fold vertically (at a 90° angle) to prevent too deep an injection and hitting the muscle tissue. To make a skin fold when injecting, pinch the skin between the thumb and forefinger and do not pull up the muscle.&nbsp;</li><li>Injection with a skin fold at a 45° angle. This injection technique is only recommended when you have very little subcutaneous fatty tissue. The minimum angle should be 45°. If the angle is less than 45°, the drug may not reach the subcutaneous fatty tissue and result in wealing or bruising at the injection site.&nbsp;</li><li>Injection without a skin fold at a 90° angle: if your layer of subcutaneous fatty tissue is very thick, you can make an injection without a skin fold. When you do not use a skin fold, it is recommended that you inject at a 90° angle and choose a short or medium-length needle (up to 6 mm).&nbsp;</li><li>A correct skin fold is made by lifting the skin with the thumb and index finger (possibly adding the middle finger). If the skin is lifted using the whole hand, muscle may be lifted as well as subcutaneous tissue, which can lead to intramuscular injections.</li></ul>

<p>The recommended injection sites are: abdomen, thigh, buttock, upper arm.<br>Avoid injecting a site showing signs of skin damage, sites of lipohypertrophy, inflammation, edema, ulceration, or infection.</p>

<p>Injections should be spaced at least 1 cm from the previous injection site. Regular rotation of the injection site helps to maintain healthy tissue and avoid damage called lipohypertrophy.</p>

<p>Priming entails seeing at least a drop of insulin at the tip of the needle. Once free flow is verified, the patient may dial the desired dose and inject.</p><p>Injections in the belly should be approximately 4 cm away from the navel. The tissue close to the belly button is tougher, so the insulin absorption will be incorrect.</p>