# Omnipod for basal, Kwikpen for bolus?

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-for-basal-kwikpen-for-bolus/4018>\
**Category:** New T1/LADA\
**Created:** [May 11, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-for-basal-kwikpen-for-bolus/4018 "2018-05-11T00:57:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-for-basal-kwikpen-for-bolus/4018/21 "2018-06-16T00:00:53Z")

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> [@John](#):
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> The insurance company played along and I have prescriptions for Humalog Kwikpen200 and the Humalog Vial 100 for the Omnipod refill.

Looks like you have a work around that works well for you. I may be one of those who would fill a pod with U200 insulin 🙂 but you need to work inside of your own risk tollerance.

In case you have not heard, Omnipod is introducing U200 and U500 versions of the PDM after the new Omnipod PDM rollout. That may help simplify things a bit.

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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-for-basal-kwikpen-for-bolus/4018/22 "2018-11-13T07:03:11Z")

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> [@John](#):
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> Anyone out there who does that already and has some experience? Particular with 2 Humalog prescriptions, Humalog100units/ml and Humalog KwikPen200?

Just discovering this thread somehow 🙂

We have been doing more or less that for about a year, using Novolog in both Omnipod and pen. I am writing “more or less” because we do make small boluses and corrections on the pod, but all large boluses we do with a pen. It works better for us than Pod only, and preserves the Pod tank.

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**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-for-basal-kwikpen-for-bolus/4018/23 "2018-11-14T14:21:58Z")

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> [@Michel](#):
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> we do make small boluses and corrections on the pod, but all large boluses we do with a pen. It works better for us than Pod only, and preserves the Pod tank.

Same here. Now, if I see a weird BG trend after a meal, I can be 99% certain it’s because of a bolus miscalculation, and not a site or pod issue. And I don’t get leaks anymore.

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