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One of my friends has type I diabetes, in more than one times, she needed urgent visit/call to her doctors just to get the medicine she has being taken for year
by nnm 8y ago
One of my friends has type I diabetes, in more than one times, she needed urgent visit/call to her doctors just to get the medicine she has being taken for years.
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- veridies 8y agoI have type 1 diabetes, and this is a constant fear of mine. It’s absurd that I should have to go through my insurance company to be able to get more medicine if I need to.
- srameshc 8y agoThis is the most atrocious thing to do by not to letting people with Type 1 buy their Insulin medication. I just don't see a reason why this is so much regulated. Like some meds which are partially regulated, where you can request a Pharmacist and they can give you would be reasonable in this case.
- 15155 8y agoInsulin is regulated because you can very easily die from using it improperly.
- maxerickson 8y agoOlder versions are available OTC in at least parts of the US.
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- ComradeTaco 8y agoI don't know if this is helpful to you, but Walmart pharmacies have inexpensive insulin if you ask for it.
- bharris62 8y agoThis is regular insulin, its quite unstable (by unstable I mean that its release mechanism is quite slow and requires a lot of planning compared to more modern 'fast acting' insulins. with that said, as a type 1 - if I was in a predicament you bet i would go, if i recall they sell it for 25 a vial, whereas a vial of normal, fast acting insuling is ~250. *usd
- oceanghost 8y agoI had this realization after a family emergency had me flying cross country on, 2 hours warning. Walmart sells Novolin R/N for 25$ a vial without prescription. In all but three states I think, it is legal to purchase veterinary needles. Novolin isn't probably as good as what you've been prescribed. But it will keep you alive.