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If anyone is doing .3ml or less per injection subcutaneously I highly recommend getting some sure comfort brand .3cc 5/16" insulin syringes.
I had been using .5cc 5/16" syringes. I read on another forum about the impact of the barrel size on the pressures developed, and got a 1cc syringe from a diabetic friend to play with. Tried drawing up some almond oil as a test. The 1cc syringe had the same gauge needle, but larger barrel, and it drew much more slowly.
I filled each with .3cc and then timed how long it took to "inject" it into the sink. As expected, the 1cc syringe was much slower. Simple hydraulics.
I never inject more than .3cc so when I happened to see that specific size online I ordered them in the hopes that it would make things easier. Sure enough, the .3cc has a tiny barrel, smaller than the .5cc. I tested with almond oil again, and it was much easier than the .5cc.
Today was my first injection with the .3cc and I'll never go back. It draws faster, and it's easier to plunge so the needle wiggles around less when I'm injecting. Nothing but positives. Also they're just a little shorter as well so the travel kit works a bit better.
Oh, and the quicker draw will probably save me 25-30 seconds a week. Time to take up a new hobby.
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Finally, anyone who says not to inject too fast with an insulin syringe because the rapid injection will traumatize tissues needs to do my almond oil experiment. Maybe a larger syringe would do that, maybe a thinner liquid such as hcg would do it in an insulin syringe, but oil and an insulin syringe is just going to dribble out into little drops.
I had been using .5cc 5/16" syringes. I read on another forum about the impact of the barrel size on the pressures developed, and got a 1cc syringe from a diabetic friend to play with. Tried drawing up some almond oil as a test. The 1cc syringe had the same gauge needle, but larger barrel, and it drew much more slowly.
I filled each with .3cc and then timed how long it took to "inject" it into the sink. As expected, the 1cc syringe was much slower. Simple hydraulics.
I never inject more than .3cc so when I happened to see that specific size online I ordered them in the hopes that it would make things easier. Sure enough, the .3cc has a tiny barrel, smaller than the .5cc. I tested with almond oil again, and it was much easier than the .5cc.
Today was my first injection with the .3cc and I'll never go back. It draws faster, and it's easier to plunge so the needle wiggles around less when I'm injecting. Nothing but positives. Also they're just a little shorter as well so the travel kit works a bit better.
Oh, and the quicker draw will probably save me 25-30 seconds a week. Time to take up a new hobby.
. Finally, anyone who says not to inject too fast with an insulin syringe because the rapid injection will traumatize tissues needs to do my almond oil experiment. Maybe a larger syringe would do that, maybe a thinner liquid such as hcg would do it in an insulin syringe, but oil and an insulin syringe is just going to dribble out into little drops.
