Today
Amylin announced that the pen form of Symlin is available.
The SymlinPen 60 can deliver 15, 30, 45, or 60 micrograms per dose, so it's clearly targeted at people with Type 1 diabetes. These doses correspond to 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10 units on a standard insulin syringe. The SymlinPen 120 can deliver 60 or 120 micrograms per dose. The pens can be stored at room temperature up to 86 degrees F (30 degrees C) after first use.
I have a long blog post about
what I've learned from using Symlin. For those of us already on Symlin this is a welcome step forward.
What I'd like to see next (anyone?) is
C-peptide in pen form. I'm not holding my breath!
Labels: pen, symlin
Amylin has
announced today that the FDA has approved two Symlin pen models. The pens should be available by December 2007.
The SymlinPen 60 can deliver 15, 30, 45, or 60 micrograms per dose, so it's clearly targeted at people with Type 1 diabetes. These doses correspond to 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10 units on a standard insulin syringe. The SymlinPen 120 can deliver 60 or 120 micrograms per dose. I like it that the pens can be stored at room temperature (up to 86 degrees).
Here's a picture of the new pens, courtesy of
medGadget.
For me, Symlin has effectively removed the blood sugar spikes that I see after meals. Learning to use Symlin takes time. First there's the nausea. It lasted about 4 weeks for me. Then there's the struggle to figure out how much to reduce your insulin and how long to spread the bolus over to avoid the lows that can be
very hard to treat.
I'm excited to learn the pen version will be out before too long. That should make it a
lot easier to use.
Labels: diabetes, pen, symlin
