Lantus

[arch1688]

Does anybody have any experience of the Opticlik pen being withdrawn. I was advised toget the Clickstar but found that the Lantus cartridges I have been using do not fit this pen. Anybody know which Lantus cartride does fit. Thanking you in anticipation

 

[margie]

I could be wrong but I think Lantus cartridges are a specific size. You can get Autopen's which Lantus fits into. They come in 1 and 2 unit increments.

http://www.owenmumford.com/en/range/6/autopen.html

or the solarstarpen which comes prefilled

http://www.lantus.co.uk/learn/solostar-insulin-pen.aspx

 

[martindt1606]

I've just switched from the lantus pre filled pen to the new clickstar cartridge pen. The cartridges come in a box of 5 3ml cartridges. I cannot find a reference no. Other than the bar code 5 01301105082. In the leaflet you get with the pen it says only to be used with the U-100 cartridge.

I have 2 of these clickstar cartridge pens and despite a comment on another thread neither that you can use the BD 4mm needles neither my wife or I can get these needles to fit.

Otherwise I've found the pen easy to use - I use it to inject in the bum and it's a lot easier to depress the plunger than the pre-filled pen.