CANINSULIN VetPen Veterinary Needles (Pack of 100)

Product Information

VetPen is ergonomically designed to make handling easy and the dosing process simple. It reduces the time it takes to prepare and give insulin injections. VetPen is supplied with adaptors for the dose selector dial and release button that make it easy to use for all.

Insulin injection pens have been used for decades in the management of diabetes in humans,VetPen® is the first insulin injection pen specially designed for use in dogs and cats with diabetes. MSD Animal Health developed VetPen to provide owners of diabetic cats an alternative to insulin syringes, which some cat owners found inconvenient and overwhelming. This may be a sign that the needle may have been removed before the injection was completed. If the VetPen needle is removed from the skin too early, the pet did not receive its full insulin dose.To fix, replace the needle on VetPen with a new one. Remember to use a new needle for each injection. The needle is designed for single use only. There are in fact several reasons why theoretically sending insulin by post is not ideal. In practice, none of them seem to be significant and thousands of bottles are posted regularly and found to be perfectly effective. The insulin molecule can indeed be denatured by repeated shaking, which would render the product inactive. This is important to point out because some people might be tempted to shake the bottle vigorously every time they use it, which can be twice a day for a month. (In the days before the 28 day maximum use limit was introduced, some bottles were in use for several months.) In practice the amount of inadvertent shaking the insulin receives is not found to have a noticeable affect on the quality of the product. Each insulin bottle is moved around several times between manufacture and end use. It will at least be moved by van from manufacturer to wholesaler, then from wholesaler to retailer. At all times care is taken to do this with the nature of the product in mind. Fortunately insulin molecule is not as fragile as some people fear, and the system works very well. Repeat steps 1-3 until a strong, steady stream or jet of insulin appears at the needle tip. Expect to expel at least 8 units of air. Doses of insulin are measured in units: 40 IU/mL insulin contains 40 International Units (IU) per milliliter (mL) (1 mL = 1 cc). Lust E, van Esch K, Slingerland LI, Kooistra HS, Horspool LJI. Survey of Veterinary Professional and Pet Owner VetPen User Experience. Presented at the 42nd WSAVA and FECAVA 23rd Eurocongress; Copenhagen, Denmark; 25-28 September 2017

To make sure the pet receives its full dose, be sure to press the release button down fully and hold it until the arrow (▶) points to the start line (—) on the dose selector. Then, to allow the VetPen to deliver the full dose, wait at least 5 seconds before removing the needle from the skin. The Caninsulin VetPen has been designed for use with Caninsulin only and should not be used with any other products. To make sure the pet’s dose is injected precisely and accurately, you need to hold down the release button until the arrow (▶) points to the start line (—) on the dose selector. Then, wait at least 5 seconds before removing the needle from the skin. This allows for VetPen’s internal mechanism to optimally deliver the selected dose. Repeat the process until a steady stream of insulin is ejected from the tip of the needle. You may expect to eject as many as six to eight units of air before achieving this. The Caninsulin VetPen Starter Kit helps make giving insulin injections to your pet easier and more convenient.In a study close to 97% of pet owners reported that VetPen was easy to use overall 2. And more than 97% reported being able to learn how to use VetPen 2.