This is usually done by injection just under the skin using a prefilled, insulin pen device.
Secondary objectives were to determine whether the pen device might facilitate initiation of insulin therapy in patients currently receiving oral antihyperglycemic agents and to monitor the safety of this pen device in clinical practice.
This study assessed acceptability of a new 3.0-mL prefilled insulin pen device, the Humulin®/Humalog® Pen, as a method of delivering human insulin.
It is not known whether preferences for the vial and syringe (VS) or the insulin injection pen device (IIPD) differ between current insulin users and nonusers.
Here, an electronic pen device is equipped with a light-sensitive sensor at the pen tip, to be used to write on, or close to the surface of a monitor based on cathode ray technique.
To compare the efficacy, tolerability, and convenience of two formulations of the follitropin-α (Gonal-f) pen device versus the conventional form in Iranian women undergoing ovarian stimulation for intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
The GLP-1 receptor agonist, liraglutide, is dispensed only in a prefilled pen device, and the insulin analog, insulin glargine, is also available in a prefilled pen device.
A future enhancement may include wireless communication of the insulin dose from an insulin pen device.
Process flow diagrams were created based on manufacturer supplied patient instructions for each pen device.
Then Dose 1 and subsequent doses would be administered from the new pen device.
Insulin pen use was generally low; 14.6% of patients received insulin via an injectable pen device.
