Do you guys use pens or insulin needles?

[bbbilly]

my only experience with pens are the pre filled glp auto injectors and i will tell you right now those suckers can pack a punch. yet i feel literally nothing with the 30g insulin needles

 

[CNCCurrency]

I use 30mg vials of Tirz and Reta. I recon each with 3ml bac, then filter each into their own cartridge.

I get 27 doses of each. So that's 54 syringes saved. 54 times I don't inject possibly contaminated air into my vial, or dull a needle I then inject with..

Since I also pin semax and Klow this multiplies.

Think about it.

Yawl are too worried about silly little things

 

[ltjltj]

my only experience with pens are the pre filled glp auto injectors and i will tell you right now those suckers can pack a punch. yet i feel literally nothing with the 30g insulin needles

Very different, I feel nothing with the pens were referring to either.

 

[MetalRyan]

Other than GLP-1's, you can mix most peptides together in the same syringe at the time of injection. I started doing this after my Longevity Dr, said it was fine as he does it himself. Just don't premix and stick a syringe back in the fridge for later. If this helps you a little, it did me.

Peptide Interaction Checker

Check for known interactions before combining peptides. Free safety tool.

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Interesting. I follow Dr. Trevor Bachmeyer on YouTube and he said you should absolutely never mix peptides in the same syringe. There’s so much conflicting information

 

[MetalRyan]

Are you reusing your insulin needles? If so, please don't do that. It isn't hygienic or sanitary. Insulin needles are single use only. They are cheap enough.

I use insulin syringes. It's easy and no fiddling. 31g 5/16" .3ml for small dose pep and 1ml for Tz.

Edited to correct to syringes.

I have been reusing them. I soak the needle in rubbing alcohol and then draw the alcohol up through the needle and syringe its self. I know they’re generally cheap but I just get sick of tossing 5-6 syringes away after onetime use. But I read it removes the silicone coating on the needle and it does sting a bit.

 

[Ruckus4519]

I have been reusing them. I soak the needle in rubbing alcohol and then draw the alcohol up through the needle and syringe its self. I know they’re generally cheap but I just get sick of tossing 5-6 syringes away after onetime use. But I read it removes the silicone coating on the needle and it does sting a bit.

Not sure about the coatings, but the pointed tip get considerably dull after just one use. There’s pics out there, and they all get pretty jaggedy. I wouldn’t want to mess with that.

As I understand it, you’re putting your body through unnecessary trauma and you can’t fully disinfect it in the first place,

 

[anhydrous]

I've only ever considered insulin needles and reusing them seems insane to me. I am pen curious but I am not sure exactly how they work.

 

[FlowerFairy]

Hi again! I’m seeing a lot of you talk about using pens. I’ve only been using insulin needles but the problem is sometimes I’m using 5-6 per day based on the stack. I started cleaning them with alcohol but later found out that whenever you do that it removes the silicone coating on the needle and it is definitely more noticeable at injection sites. Just wanted to get everyone’s opinion on if a pen is worth it, and if so, a brand that you might recommend? Thanks in advance!

I use pens unless my dose is 1 ml. Then a syringe makes sense.

 

[RascalRaccoon]

I have been reusing them. I soak the needle in rubbing alcohol and then draw the alcohol up through the needle and syringe its self. I know they’re generally cheap but I just get sick of tossing 5-6 syringes away after onetime use. But I read it removes the silicone coating on the needle and it does sting a bit.

I’m a sensitive baby and the bluntness from simply piercing the top of one vial is bad enough. That’s why I like pens, nice and sharpppp

 

[JulezZ]

I have pens and I prepare pens for other family members, but I like using a syringe, mostly, for myself.

I'd say if you have peps that are a low dose, so where the vials are being used for a while, I'd go with a pen. For example, I pin glutathione but I do a pretty big dose, so there are only about 3 injections per vial for me, so a pen would be a fiddly waste of time. But for glp's if you're in a vial for a while, pen makes sense.

I would not ever reuse syringes though.

The nice thing about a pen is that it's a fresh sharp needle every time because it's not getting dulled by drawing out of the vial first.

Do you pin the gluthatione subcutaneously or IV? What are the benefits you experienced? Thinking about it for skin benefits.

 

[bbbilly]

Very different, I feel nothing with the pens were referring to either.

i bet the fancy ones are good, thats why i tried to clarify my only experience was the auto injectors for my zepbound. those things are like ramjets, shooting all .5ml in a second, where as by hand i take probably 10 seconds

 

[HereKittyKitty]

Interesting. I follow Dr. Trevor Bachmeyer on YouTube and he said you should absolutely never mix peptides in the same syringe. There’s so much conflicting information

Yes there is. I take the conservative approach on these things. It tamps down my free floating anxiety.

 

[HereKittyKitty]

I have been reusing them. I soak the needle in rubbing alcohol and then draw the alcohol up through the needle and syringe its self. I know they’re generally cheap but I just get sick of tossing 5-6 syringes away after onetime use. But I read it removes the silicone coating on the needle and it does sting a bit.

Please do not do this. Just throw the syringe away after use. Insulin syringes are designed for single use only.

This practice of reuse makes no sense to me.

 

[RascalRaccoon]

i bet the fancy ones are good, thats why i tried to clarify my only experience was the auto injectors for my zepbound. those things are like ramjets, shooting all .5ml in a second, where as by hand i take probably 10 seconds

I’ve used the autoinjectors so I know what you mean. I’ve got a couple of the V2s and you control the rate of injection as you push so it’s much better haha

 

[FortySeven]

Have you used epitalon on your dogs? I give it to my girl

<---Me, learning that I could be giving my dogs peptides. Is there a pet-peptide source of info that you trust?

 

[bbbilly]

I’ve used the autoinjectors so I know what you mean. I’ve got a couple of the V2s and you control the rate of injection as you push so it’s much better haha

ooooohhhhh. see i didn't know that, i thought it was the same as those auto injectors that just SLAM the meds into you.

 

[DunningKruger]

I have been reusing them. I soak the needle in rubbing alcohol and then draw the alcohol up through the needle and syringe its self. I know they’re generally cheap but I just get sick of tossing 5-6 syringes away after onetime use. But I read it removes the silicone coating on the needle and it does sting a bit.

OMG, do not reuse your needles. A wipe with alcohol will not sanitize the needle. You're contaminating your compounds, and you're just asking for cellulitis, or worse.

 

[desinr-gal]

Yawl are too worried about silly little things

I use more frequent smaller doses. As mentioned, 27 per vial, over 14 weeks.. That greatly increases the danger of contamination with the syringe process; pre injecting air from my bathroom, to allow draw. I use Lysol, but still.

With a pen, it's almost nil. It's common sense.

 

[desinr-gal]

ooooohhhhh. see i didn't know that, i thought it was the same as those auto injectors that just SLAM the meds into you.

you push the plunger click by click at the rate you want.

 

[PorcShanc]

If you're inpatient a pen is a huge win. Filtering (a positive) into the cartridge each time you reconstitute isn't a big deal and you save drawing the insulin needle every single time. Just wipe with alcohol (same as vial), screw on the little pen needle (easy), dial dose, and inject. No fussing trying to see if your syringe dose is accurate, etc.

Where do you get these pens? I’ve asked a lot of suppliers in the vendor section here and none of them seem to sell them