Pens or Insulin Needles for Injections?

I have pens and prepare them for family members, but I mostly prefer a syringe for myself. For low-dose items where a vial lasts a long time, a pen makes sense. With bigger doses like glutathione where a vial only lasts a few shots, the pen feels like extra hassle. I never reuse syringes. The pen advantage is getting a fresh sharp needle every time since it does not get dulled drawing from the vial first.

Besides GLP-1s, most peptides can be mixed together in one syringe right before injecting. I began doing this after my doctor said he does the same. Never premix and put the syringe back in the fridge.

Are you reusing your insulin needles? Please do not. It is not hygienic. Insulin needles are meant for single use only and are inexpensive. I use insulin syringes because they are straightforward with no extra parts. 31g 5/16 inch for smaller doses and 1ml for larger ones.

I use insulin needles for the weekly Tirz dose. I received a large supply from a family member who has diabetes. I recently started an auto pen for GHK-Cu because reaching the glute daily would be awkward with a syringe. The auto pen button needs a firm push though, and I wonder if the 32ga needles are too fine.

So far I've only used the thirty gauge variety for my insulin injections. A pen is something I've yet to try.

I'm a syringe person. Pens sound good to avoid accumulating used syringes, but I am impatient and doubt I would keep up with filling one each time. I have a monthly subscription of 100 syringes delivered so I do not have to think about it.

I use BD 31G 5/16 .05 and 1ml syringes. I cannot imagine doing 5-6 pins a day.

I use 30mg vials of Tirz and Reta. I reconstitute each with 3ml bac water then filter each into its own cartridge. That gives 27 doses of each so 54 syringes saved. That also means 54 times I avoid injecting possibly contaminated air into the vial or dulling a needle before injecting. Since I also pin other items daily the savings add up.

I'm currently using the V1 pens and find them quite satisfactory. Being able to position them precisely lets me select spots that feel less tender, since I can press the tip to my skin first to check. They also deliver the dose quickly. The variety of hues helps me tell them apart without needing any tags.

Using a pen made things simpler for me. Pen needles also take up less space in the sharps container so it fills slower. It is only a few extra steps after reconstituting which I am already doing.

My only experience with pens is the prefilled GLP auto injectors and they can feel forceful. Yet I feel nothing with the 30g insulin needles.

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

Normally the pens work fine for me except at exactly one milliliter when the syringe becomes the better option.

I have several brand-name pens but they started malfunctioning. I do not use many peptides these days and am tired of pinning. So right now I just use insulin needles.

I am planning to switch to a pen once I settle on just one item instead of cycling through many stacks. Right now I go through 2-3 boxes of insulin syringes a month.

Another small advantage with pens is that the needles are often available on pharmacy shelves so you can pick them up without ordering online.

Yes we use both pens and insulin needles. It depends on the peptide, the injection schedule, the dosage, and other factors that decide whether to load a pen or just use a syringe.

I'm a needle person for my reta and TRT. Insulin needle for reta and a slightly larger gauge for TRT. Both subq and almost always painless.

I meant more which peptides are good for dogs and what dosages. Like this forum but for pets.

I've used both. I used pens with Trulicity and Ozempic and liked them better though they are one-use. I have looked online for pens and feel overwhelmed by the options and lack of usage details in the ads. At some point I will switch. I hate filling syringes and dealing with the used ones.

I picked up a few of these pens some time ago. The recent models use plastic for all the inner parts and get produced in Poland. Various web stores based in that country carry them. One reached me through an overseas seller on a trading site. I checked dosing accuracy on a single unit across 10 to 50 and it matched exactly.