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Section 2. Delivering Saizen
®
[somatropin (rDNA origin) for injection] with easypod
™
Partial dose
If there is not enough medication in the cartridge for your full dose,
the display will read “Inject partial dose?” (30a). Select “Yes” or “No”
and follow the instructions below under A or B, respectively.
A. SELECT “YES” IF YOU WANT A PARTIAL DOSE
Continue your injection of the medication in the current cartridge by
following the daily-injection instructions beginning on page 25.
Once the first (partial dose) injection is completed, the display will
read “Second injection?” (30b). Select “Yes” or “No” and follow the
instructions below under a or b, respectively.
a. Select “Yes” if you want a second injection, to complete your full dose.
Detach the used needle from your first injection by following
the instructions on page 28. Change the cartridge as instructed
in the section “Insertion of a new cartridge or change of an
empty/expired cartridge” on page 32. Follow the daily-injection
instructions beginning on page 25.
easypod automatically calculates the dose needed for the second
injection and injects this dose.
IMPORTANT: The second injection is automatically canceled if not
performed within 60 minutes.
b. Select “No” if you do not want a second injection. The injection procedure is stopped and the
display will read “Place empty cap”. Follow the instructions to detach the needle on page 28.
B. SELECT ”NO” IF YOU DO NOT WANT A PARTIAL DOSE
Follow the instructions for “Insertion of a new cartridge or change of an empty/expired
cartridge” on page 32. Once the cartridge is changed, follow the daily-injection instructions
beginning on page 25.
NoYes
Cartridge
content:
0.25 mg
Inject
partial
dose?
Dose: 1.5 mg
6
Days
NoYes
Partial dose:
0.25 mg
Missing:
1.25 mg
Second
Injection?
Dose: 1.5 mg
6
Days
30a
30b