With the last dose of Mounjaro, the KwikPen was blocked. It is impossible to twist. What to do? Everything, once again done according to the leaflet. Is it possible to use this dose somehow?
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Katarzyna Chadryś Pharmacist, Editor
7 months ago
Unfortunately, the manufacturer does not inform you how to act in such a situation and what may be the reason for it. This can range from a manufacturer's defect to incorrect use of the pen during one of the previous three doses (the pen contains 4 doses). If by blocking you mean that there is a problem with pressing the dispensing knob, the manufacturer will specify the following reasons:
1) clogging of the needle (insert a new needle and prepare the pen anew),
2) contamination of the inside of the pen by e.g. dust, food, liquid (dispose of the pen and take a new one).
Pressing the knob more slowly can help with the problem with pressing it.
If you have followed all the steps according to the manufacturer's instructions and it has not brought any results, the next dose should be administered using a new pen, and the current dose should be disposed of in the manner indicated at the local sanitary and epidemiological station or commune office. These facilities will indicate a special point of selective collection of municipal waste (the so-called PSZOK) located in the commune.
I encourage you to contact the manufacturer and describe the situation in detail: https://www.lilly.com/pl/kontakt
Here you can check the availability of the drug in pharmacies and make a reservation:
https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/129174/mounjaro-kwikpen-iniekcja/apteki
Here you can take advantage of teleconsultations:
https://www.gdziepolek.pl/telekonsultacja
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And I have the same problem, I bought the drug in different places and countries - the third handle and the same problem gets stuck on the last dose and that's it.
my wife plays burraco... you will say and what does it mean? it means that he has a brain as sharp as a razor blade... Faced with the practical problem where I was smashing everything with Lidl shears... She told me to pierce the orange rubber pad where the syringes are screwed with a syringe and to suck up the precious liquid that certainly costs more than a dose of heroin. So I did and I saved the last dose. do this!!
I have the same problem with the last dose from the pen. The only option is to take it into the insulin department. A strange situation and the manufacturer should do something about it.
The rubber plug should be re-pierced. It may become clogged and therefore you cannot inject the preparation. Maybe it will help?
Pull out the button with a lot of force! Use a new needle and the pen continues to work, only then there is no more content in it.
Today I had such a situation with the second dose, it blew up and the rubber exploded ... I lost a lot of fear and I took everything out of insulin tubes, it's some kind of misunderstanding because I preferred vials and not some situations like that
Such a problem ALWAYS appears in my last pen. As long as I could, I bought doses in separate pens. Unfortunately, now the manufacturer does not supply pharmacies with individual pens. I have the same reason to be angry again today. The last pen turned only 10%.
I took the last dose with an "insulin syringe", sticking the needle into the rubber band of the kwikpen. Then I changed the needle on the syringe and injected myself with the medicine.
But the fact. This should not be the case
I have exactly the same thing. Should I dispose of the drug for so much money? What if there is the same defect in the next ones?
I have exactly the same problem. In my case, it also occurred when I tried to administer the last dose and in two pens containing two different doses, so we cannot talk about a defective batch of the drug. I'm afraid that this may be a design flaw of the device and the situation will repeat in the next pens.