INSULIN GLARGINE vs PIOGLITAZONE

What embarrassing pharmacy confessions do you have? Thought it would be fun to share embarrassing things you did or didn’t know/realize, and didn’t want to tell others in your pharmacy. For the first year or so of working, I thought “Basaglar Kwikpen” was “basaglar Kiwi-pen”, and had no idea why it

How does everyone work with patients that just blatantly lie about being adherent to their meds? Example: I have a pt who is suppose to be on a large amount of insulin Glargine but hasn’t picked up his rx since November but SWEARS he’s taking it… my concern is safety since I am often titrating insul

I’ve seen insulin glargine 150 units bid Is there a point where insulin just does NOT work??

The FDA considers Semglee to be biosimilar to and interchangeable with Lantus. Looking at the structural formulas, I don't see any differences. The amino acid chains appear to be the same, the linking appears to be the same, and the inactive ingredients per 1mL appear to be the same. So what are th

Can anyone tell me what yfgn stands for?

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/19/sanofi-to-offer-insulin-for-35-to-americans-through-goodrx.html Interesting how competition, setting a price ceiling for Medicare part d patients, and bad publicity can get a company to bring costs down. Can't imagine sanofi doing this a few years ago when they were t

I was Diagnosed 7 months ago. I'm 5'7", and I weighed 260 lbs (Obese Class III). Lab results showed: * A1C of 11.2 * non alcoholic fatty liver * high blood pressure (hypertension stage 2) * high cholesterol I was prescribed Mounjaro, pioglitazone, amlodipine, and rosuvastatin. At my follow up appoin

Was diagnosed type-2 on November 11th, which was the first day I tested. My very first test was above 280. I made a post here a few weeks ago that my highest was 380. After that, I made an aggressive change to my diet(Tuna mixes with veggies and a bit of cream cheese on low carb wraps are god like),

been on insulin for 6 month . i turned my health around in a short time 12.9 a1c to 5.4 a1c ( made a post a month ago about that ). well at today check up docotor said i can fully stop all insulin and just keep taking metformin and Pioglitazone and i no longer need to come back in every 3 months

Hi I’m Rosa and I don’t know what I’m doing, Ok back story as concise as I can: -When I was 15 in was diagnosed with PCOS and was told that I would have insulin resistance because of it. -I was put on metformin to help with it but I can’t tolerate it, I’m constantly sick to my stomach on it -

I'm already down to 6.0. A 3.5% drop. Like I'm right at the cusp of being at the finish line (I know it's not the end, and that I have to stay there) of getting out of the "Complication Range" Went from a dangerous level down to the middle of Pre-diabetic in only 3 months. Also, my average, if going

I've been diabetic ever since I had my son 3 years ago. I'm the type that has no clue when my BS is running high; I can only ever tell when it's low, but that hasn't happened in a while. I know I need to get my shit together and work on reversing this but it's so hard. I'm not sure why it's so hard

On January 19 I was tested by my doctor and confirmed I was t2 diabetic with an a1c of 10.4. I just got my lab results from the blood test on April 21, that my a1c is now 5.3!!!!!!! I didn't just diet - I made a life change. I worked with a nutritionalist, counted carbs and proteins, cooked every m

Disclaimer: I’m not looking for medical advice. I’m aware information contained in this post does not give anyone enough information for any kind of diagnosis. 54 y/o male, 5’7”, SW 260, CW 228. Three months ago I had my first doctor’s appointment in 7 years. My A1C results were bad (11.2%), and I