Ozempic Tutorial: Safe Use & Tips from a Pharmacist
Ozempic Tutorial: Safe Use & Tips from a Pharmacist did you just get started on OIC I’m Ethan I’m a pharmacist I’m going to show you the correct way on how to use your OIC pen so when you get prescribed OIC all your doses for the medication will just be in one pen so unlike Tru listi and Manjaro it’s usually you get four pens.
all your doses should be in the one pen first things first make sure the expiration date’s good then you want to make sure you’re keeping this in the refrigerator what I tell patients is you can take the pen out like an hour before giving the dose cuz sometimes when it’s.
cold it may cause some like you know injection pain but usually you’re not going to feel like at all before you use it you’re going to clean the top with an alcohol swap your box should come with needles so you’re going to use a needle like.
this you because this is sterile already you don’t need to like swab anything here you’re going to peel this back and this has already been swabbed so you’re going to screw this in like this okay keep this because you’re going to need this to take it off this is just a safety cap this is not the needle take.
that off okay perfect and then what I recommend doing just to make sure that the pen is working you want to just I’m going to try to show you so you’re going to go up to see where these like little two dot things is if you have trouble seeing what I recommend is just doing one to two clicks and then what.
you’re going to do is you’re going to then push it okay and then you could see a little bit of the liquid came out which is good so that means this pen is working and you’re not wasting any doses by doing this because it is accounted for when.
the manufacturer makes this pen okay so we did that now if I just got started on OIC I’m going to be on the 0.25 MGR dose so what you’re going to do is I think you can see this is you’re going to scroll up until you get to 025 which is going to take right there okay but you know for example say if you go too far it’s okay you can go back and you can get to the 0.
25 okay perfect so we’re at 0.25 Mig then what I’m going to do and that’s up to you is usually is what you’re going to do is you’re going to want to swab the area so usually you want to do about like one to two fingers away from your stomach so like this and then what you’re going to do is then you’re going to.
hold it like this push with your hand on the button and then you’re going to just inject it there honestly it does not feel like anything and so I can just show you what I’m going to do and so you go in here and then you go 1 2 3 4 5 and you wait until.
it goes all the way down and then it clicks and then that’s it so this was just saline I didn’t give myself o zenic but I want to show you that is really not that painful then if it goes back down to zero that’s when you know you got the full dose so you need to press and hold this the entire time then once you’re done you’re going to take.
this clear cap cuz remember I said to keep this you’re going to then twist it and then go the opposite way so you’re going to go left um which is counterclockwise and then you’re going.
to just do that and then look the needle’s gone and then you’re going to throw this in a Sharps container going to put the C back on and then just put this back in your fridge and then you’re going to give your dose the next week and then my best piece of advice is do it around the same time.
so if you’re a morning person do it in the morning if you’re an evening person do it in the evening but keep it consistent on the same day and around the same time as a reminder do not increase your dose until your doctor recommends it so you’re.
