A few months ago I was sent some new pen needles from BD to use and review. As you can tell, I’m a little backed up on all my product and books reviews. This around the same time that I switched back to insulin pens and went off the pump (which I’m still off). When I was first diagnosed, I was using pens and I just used the pen needles that my doctor wrote a prescription for. I didn’t really have any preference. When I went back on the pens a few months ago, I still didn’t have a preference. I had a box of pen needles that were a sample from a while back that I had for pump emergencies that I was using at the beginning of this latest time on the pens.
Then, I was sent the BD Ultra-Fine Nano (4mm x 32G) pen needles, so I decided to give them a shot and write a review on them.
When I first saw the needles, I thought, wow these are pretty short and I don’t know if they are going to work for me. Since I’ve been diagnosed, I have put on a lot of weight, and I have a lot of body fat. So typically, I need longer needles or infusion sets so I can fully absorb the insulin. Surprisingly, that was not the case with these needles.
I used these pen needles in my stomach, leg and arm, so I tried them out in all 3 areas that I usually take my shots. All three areas absorbed the insulin perfectly fine.
I know we have all heard before from other companies about things being painless or whatever words they want to use, but I must say, this was as close to that as possible. BD did not make any claims of painless, that is strictly just my opinion and words not theirs! I really did not feel the pen needle go in or come out.
All in all, I really liked the pen needle. I have since switched to insulin vials and syringes, old school, and am no longer using the pens, so I have stopped using the pen needles. However, if I had to go back to the pens, I would continue using the BD pen needles.
**Disclosure – I was provided the pen needle samples for free and was asked to write a review on them. I was not compensated in any form by BD. The thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are mine and were not influenced in any way by BD.