Arch Dis Child 1997;76:65-67 ( January )
Growth hormone treatment without a needle using the Preci-Jet 50 transjector
P Bareille,
M MacSwiney,
A Albanese,
C De Vile,
R Stanhope
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH
Correspondence to: Dr Stanhope.
Accepted 11 October 1996
A new delivery system (Preci-Jet 50) which administers growth
hormone through the skin using high pressure and without a needle was
evaluated. This device was inconvenient and painful compared with a pen
injection system. The conclusion is that the Preci-Jet is not the
panacea for solving the problem of compliance with subcutaneous growth
hormone injections.
Keywords:
growth hormone treatment;
transcutaneous high
pressure administration (jet);
needle phobia.
© 1997 by Archives of Disease in Childhood
