Guest guest Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Hello! Has anyone heard of this type of catheter? My son currently receives remicade infusions at the Lombardi Cancer center for Pediatrics at town University Hospital. We are starting Kineret next week and one of the doctor's there told us about this catheter. Apparently it's a subcutaneous catheter; and is marketed more towards children that receive daily insulin shots. Anyway, you insert it subcutaneously and inject the daily shots (i.e. kineret) into it.. it lasts 4-5 days before you have to replace it. The doctor said it's fairly new, but I looked it up on the internet... www.insuflon.com. It sounds wonderful. I have been dreading the thought of giving my 5 year old an injection every day, but this catheter could be the way to go. Just wondering if anyone has any experience with it. Sam, 5yrs, systemic JRA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Hi , That is so neat! My son who is 10 years gets kineret and the shots are fairly painful. A nurse at Children's Hospital in Boston where we go told me about the insuflon catheter and it sounded great. She gave me information on how to use it. The problem was that it hadn't been used by anyone for Kineret in that hospital, and no one quite knew how to get the process going. The nurse in the rheumatology program wasn't sure if you even could use kineret with that catheter. Did your doctor say that they have used it for Kineret? I thought it was a great idea, and wanted to follow up on it, so whatever information you have would be appreciated. Good luck and thanks. (and Ezra, 10 year old systemic) lincmom9 <chrislinc@...> wrote: Hello! Has anyone heard of this type of catheter? My son currently receives remicade infusions at the Lombardi Cancer center for Pediatrics at town University Hospital. We are starting Kineret next week and one of the doctor's there told us about this catheter. Apparently it's a subcutaneous catheter; and is marketed more towards children that receive daily insulin shots. Anyway, you insert it subcutaneously and inject the daily shots (i.e. kineret) into it.. it lasts 4-5 days before you have to replace it. The doctor said it's fairly new, but I looked it up on the internet... www.insuflon.com. It sounds wonderful. I have been dreading the thought of giving my 5 year old an injection every day, but this catheter could be the way to go. Just wondering if anyone has any experience with it. Sam, 5yrs, systemic JRA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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