To make the therapy not so expensive, is it possible to buy a dose of 5 mg instead of 2.5 mg and divide it into 2 administrations in a row?
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I have been practicing for over 35 years and after familiarizing myself with the composition of Mounjaro, the structure of the vial and the method of administration of the drug, I can say with full responsibility that the contents of the vial can be divided in half and given as two doses with an interval of 7 days, of course, following the appropriate rules of conduct, which are mentioned in the American Pharmacopoeia in the part concerning multidose vials. Unfortunately, greedy pharmaceutical companies always care mainly about their own pockets. On the other hand, the recommendations of reputable expert organizations tend to favor the widespread use of multi-dose vials, which, of course, reduces the profits of pharmaceutical companies, but brings significant benefits to the health care system and patients.
@kulas have you practiced it?
And how did you divide the drug? And she took the second dose after a week?
Girl, don't listen to these nonsense written by the clever, you can easily use 1 vial for twice. The distributor deliberately does not introduce higher doses to the market because he wants to brazenly drain our pockets. I wonder what a person will do if the doctor increases the dose to 15mg? She will have to buy 3 packs of 5mg every week and spend over a thousand!! What do the Ombudsman for Patients' Rights and the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector say about it?
Angelika Talar-Śpionek Pharmacist, Editor
44 days ago
Unfortunately, the medicine vial is disposable. Do not withdraw 2 doses from the same vial one week apart, as the drug loses its sterility and this does not guarantee the safety of the therapy.
Needles and syringes are necessary to take the medicine. The manufacturer recommends 1 ml syringes with a needle for subcutaneous injections from 4 mm to 12.7 mm in length (preferably as short as possible). You should also buy disposable needles to scoop up the medicine
Shake the ampoule, then attach a scooping needle to the syringe, withdraw the appropriate amount of medicine (usually the whole 0.5 ml ampoule), then change to the needle used to administer the medicine, preferably as short as possible, release it and inject the medicine into the abdomen, thigh or upper arm.
Do_MaKo
45 days ago
I have a question for MaKo: how should I withdraw Mounjaro from the vial correctly? It seems to me that the package leaflet contains an incorrect description of this activity.
And I think that the previous speaker does not even know what a vial of Mounjaro looks like, but you can always make a purely theoretical statement and make a fuss.
The product we are talking about is produced as a sterile product. If the vial is a single dose, it cannot be divided into doses. Why? Because single-dose vials are not used to store the product after opening, but for single use. We inject it once a week, so imagine contaminating the product, waiting 7 days for the microbes to multiply, and then administering the mixture under your skin. Disaster is ready.
If the vials are multidosed, the case is different because the vial is different. To put it simply: the product flows only in one direction (you can't "pump" anything inside), and the closure ensures sterility.
Of course, you can do it if you can divide the contents of the ampoule into two equal doses. Technically it is doable, the question is how to do it right?