INSULIN DEGLUDEC vs INSULIN LISPRO

Have any other independent pharms/techs noticed a sudden drop in reimbursement rates on brand names, predominantly from Cigna plans? Of course we would always lose money on 90 day supplies, but we would at least be close to our cost, maybe losing $5-20$ on 30-days. However, in the past 48 ours I hav

Wellcare will not pay for brand name Tresiba in 2025. However, they will pay for insulin degludec (unbranded biologic version of Tresiba). Insulin deludec is of course on backorder. WellCare already denied the prior auth for name brand. Their other option on formulary insulin glargine-yfgn is also o

I see articles recently shared talking about people not taking their insulin or reducing it due to costs. There is help, here are the programs I use the most, please share with your patients. [Admelog (similar to Humalog) $99/month for up to 10 vials or 5 packs of pens, any other sanofi insulins (l

Basically title. I’m a clinical pharmacist at a hospital. We are trying to start a patient on standard sliding scale insulin lispro, but one of their allergies is listed as cat dander and the lispro is flagging as allergy cross reactivity. I cannot find ANYTHING online to support this. Does anyone

Know little to nothing about it, but one MD says he’s done it before. What exactly is the point? Package insert for lispro says when given intravenously, the clearance rate is similar to insulin regular.

Curious how other institutions handle insulin on the floor. Currently we let RN’s draw up regular and lispro using pt specific 3mL vials pulled from Omni cell, we draw up glargine in our IV room, and all the other flavors we dispense a pt specific vial from central and RN draws up on the floor. Wel

I've heard from multiple patients who switched from Humalog to Admelog that now their sugars are all over the place. people who have been on the therapy long term and have well controlled numbers that report once they switched to admelog they had to increase their dose. 2 of these patients switched

Hey guys I’m P4 student and I question regarding expiry dates. I had situation during my hospital rotation I was preparing an admelog prescription and when assigning the expiration date I wrote down April 28. Since the vial only last 28 days at room temperature. My preceptor told me the expirati