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How many doses left in this pen?

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Sossusvlei · 27/06/2025 14:32

There should be two left but it doesn’t look enough and I’m worried I’ve made a mistake. Do the line indicators mean anything??
(Sorry if this is obvious and I’m being stupid. I googled but couldn’t find a definitive answer…)

How many doses left in this pen?
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SylviaPsyoplath · 27/06/2025 14:34

Each line is a dose - so if there is one line remaining then one dose, 2 then two doses - sorry I can't see it clearly (small screen, no glasses).
If its only one it could be because you have primed the doses with more than a couple of clicks each time?

Sossusvlei · 27/06/2025 14:41

Thanks! So there is one line by the plunger and one line further down - so is that one or two doses? I’ve attached a zoomed-in pic. Primed just with one click and a small squirt each time.

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kittykarate · 27/06/2025 14:50

I'd say that's 1 dose remaining/3 doses used

How many doses left in this pen?
SylviaPsyoplath · 27/06/2025 14:52

kittykarate · 27/06/2025 14:50

I'd say that's 1 dose remaining/3 doses used

Was just posting exactly this.
1 dose left

freezingmytoesoff · 27/06/2025 14:54

Yes one dose remaining.

Sossusvlei · 27/06/2025 15:23

Thanks all. I’m glad I checked!!

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Sossusvlei · 27/06/2025 15:32

I have another question as you’re all VERY helpful!! I’m going on holiday on the 14th July. I was going to save the last dose in this pen to inject on the 18th, on holiday. Then my next dose would be a day late, when we get home on the 26th. My thinking was that way I’d only have to keep the pen cool for a few days rather than the entire trip. BUT as I was a week off in my counting doses, will this current pen still be ok? So it should be used up on the 4th July but I’d like to use it two weeks later…

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kittykarate · 27/06/2025 16:08

I'm not a pharmacist, and I don't play one on TV, but from what I remember it is officially 30 days to use your from when you've done your first dose.
June 13 would have been the first dose from this pen? 30 days on that gives you July 13th. If I was confident I'd stored it at a cool temperature, it wasn't funny coloured or cloudy, I'd probably take it, but then I eat food that's out of date!

Sossusvlei · 27/06/2025 17:19

Thanks. Yes, first dose was June 13…so it would be five days beyond the 30 day recommendation…

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TrinityWaves · 27/06/2025 20:32

I'd get 2 more doses out of that pen.
One would be the fourth of the official four doses, done in the usual way.
Then I would extract the fifth dose using an insulin needle https://ukmedi.co.uk/products/fms-micro-syringe-32g-8mm-1ml-fms-fms-32g-10ml-ukmedi-co-uk something like this].

HÆLTHEPAIN · 27/06/2025 20:39

Admittedly, I have no experience but is it not 2 doses, like this?

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Nevertrustacop · 27/06/2025 20:41

I would and do use the dose after 30 days. In fact I buy whatever is cheapest and take the dose that I want out of it. There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that the pen goes off after 30 days. Not that I'm advising this for you. But do your own research.

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