Dental emergencies can happen at all hours of the day and night. In order to keep every tooth we care for safe, we offer some guidelines on what to do in every situation. And if that isnât enough, we always have a dentist on call seven days a week to handle any after-hour emergencies for our current patients.
Once you take your SoloSTARÂ® pen out of cool storage, for use or as a spare, you can use it for up to 28 days. During this time it can be safely kept at room temperature, up to 86 degrees Fahrenheit or 30 degrees Celsius. Do not use it after this time.
Contrasting with this, a patient purchasing a box of 3 Lantus Solostar pens, each of which contains 3 mL of insulin glargine, can use 1 pen every 28 days. Although the cost of the box of Lantus Solostar pens is approximately $400, no medication is wasted, and the cost to insurers is similar to the cost of the vial. 7-10 Despite the fact that insulin pens incur no greater cost than vials for patients using fewer than 18 units of insulin daily, many state Medicaid programs will not cover the cost of insulin pens under any circumstances.