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10/28/09 05:06 PM

"I have recently come across the INJEX needle less injection system. I would love to try this safely on my 3 year old; does anyone have info on this?"
Asked By: curtis.gjs  
Category: Type 1

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10/31/09 10:57 AM

Dear Curtis- Thank-you for contacting dLife. I researched INJEX and although they have a US patent, the FDA has only approved it in foreign countries. It is not as of October used in the USA. Unfortunately these things take years on end for approval.

If you are concerned about the number of injections you are having to give your 3 year old, I have come upon an interesting product to reduce the number of injections.

Take a look at a product called I-Port. You insert this every 3 days so you have 10 injections a month instead of multiple injections per day. Then the injection is inserted into a port that the child wears all day. It is safe with bathing activity etc. They do have a pediatric version.

If this looks like an item of interest, discuss this with your child's MD for best practice and care. Healthy wishes for great management for you and your child.

Answered By: Janet HowardDucsay
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11/02/09 12:27 PM

You have to understand that in the USA, available treatments are based on maintaining the money train for big corporations. Anything that threatens that money train is just never approved here (at least not until the corporations can figure out how to make money from it.)
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