# Needle swap **URL:** \ **Category:** Fun\ **Created:** [April 3, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840 "2018-04-03T18:28:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/1 "2018-04-03T18:28:46Z")
![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/c/ccbac796eb670fbe12ffff617be0acb16a6db0dc.jpeg) Well I’m off to the needle exchange. Maybe I’ll meet some cool and nice people! ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/2 "2018-04-03T18:47:18Z")
Ugh, I can’t stand the 4mm ones. Hopefully you are swapping them for 8mm’s, 10mm’s, or 12.7mm’s. ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/3 "2018-04-03T18:59:30Z")
They seem to work well for me ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/4 "2018-04-03T19:14:50Z")
Outside of a very small group of people, this conversation would be considered wildly inappropriate. Isn’t diabetes grand! ---
**Author:** ![Millz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/millz/32/12204_2.png) [@Millz](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Millz)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/5 "2018-04-03T19:45:16Z")
What actually happens at a needle swap? ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/6 "2018-04-03T19:55:21Z")
Well, typically, heroin addicts bring in their used needles and are given sterile ones to prevent them from swapping and sharing with their friends. It’s also a quite a social event. ---
**Author:** ![Katers87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@Katers87](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Katers87)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/7 "2018-04-03T20:54:07Z")
I suppose heroin addicts are shooting up with heroin pens nowadays? ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/8 "2018-04-03T20:57:40Z")
Seeing how potent the scourge of phentanyl is, they probably would be doing better if they used pens with exact dosing… ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/9 "2018-04-03T21:00:14Z")
[https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/refilling-the-lilly-kwikpen-disposable-pen/1725](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/refilling-the-lilly-kwikpen-disposable-pen/1725) > [@Katers87](#): > > I suppose heroine addicts are shooting up with heroine pens nowadays This will be a great conversation starter! ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/10 "2018-04-03T21:10:32Z")
> [@Chris](#): > > Seeing how potent the scourge of phentanyl is, they probably would be doing better if they used pens with exact dosing… Ideally they’d have a pump in case they have variable needs ---
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/11 "2018-04-03T21:12:16Z")
> [@Sam](#): > > Ideally they’d have a pump in case they have variable needs One of those dual chambered pumps with Naloxone in the other chamber? ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/12 "2018-04-03T21:12:45Z")
Diabetics in prison usually trade their needles for whatever they want. They just have to break it off before returning the syringe to the nurse. Once someone is able to get a needle, they can make a “binky” to inject heroin with. All you need is a Bic pen, a Visine bottle, a syringe needle, and a lighter. ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/13 "2018-04-03T21:28:19Z")
Can do the same thing with insulin. ---
**Author:** ![elver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/elver/32/8772_2.png) [@elver](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/elver)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/14 "2018-04-03T23:07:09Z")
Is that experience talking? Lol ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/15 "2018-04-03T23:14:31Z")
> [@elver](#): > > Is that experience talking? Lol Not yet, but there is always tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![elver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/elver/32/8772_2.png) [@elver](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/elver)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/16 "2018-04-03T23:27:46Z")
If you need an apprentice… I might be available for that ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/needle-swap/3840/17 "2018-04-04T15:05:52Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > Not yet, but there is always tomorrow. well eric, you are the FUD guinea pig; try it out and report back to us 😉