Glass Syringes
It just seems that if glass syringes were the best for insulin that they
wouldn’t have continued with the disposables. Like all the medications I took
for years and they took off the market because of the harm they cause (DBI,
Dyazide, Seldane, Cyclamates). I have a MiniMed 507C
Jan
May 20th, 2003 at 2:36 pm
Yes Jan, that’s true, but what is insulin stored in? and the recommendation
from any nurse or physician is that you use a syringe for insulin
administration once and no go- around-agains. We all try to save money,
which as diabetics we are all very much aware of what it costs us both in
time, emotions, and money to try and stay well. So much for that…later,
Joan
May 20th, 2003 at 10:15 pm
I also use my alcohol swabs until they dry out and am using my 2nd lancet in
a year.
May 21st, 2003 at 6:27 am
on this subject of why insulin is stored in GLASS , the reason is because one
can sterilize glass and we would all hope that our insulin is sterile since
we are injecting it..it is not possible to sterilize plastic because it melts
at high temps ..this does not mean that the plastic is not sterile ..it is
considered aseptic (germ-free) and will stay that way unless scratched or
exposed to some powerful acids such as HCl or NaOH which we don’t usually
have around the house..insulin does not perform any differently whether it is
stored in glass or plastic,since chemically insulin is an enzyme and has a
near neutral pH which can not react with glass or plastic..hope that this
clears up a few things..Leslie