INSULIN GLARGINE vs TIRZEPATIDE

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

Update.. my uncontrolled T2 is now under control. I’ve decided to take Mounjaro and I no longer have crazy spikes. So far no side effects. Hey everyone! 👋 My doctor recently gave me two options to help lower my A1C—Ozempic and Mounjaro (Tirzepatide). I’d love to hear from anyone who’s taken either

So I took my first dose of Mournjaro 24 hours ago and I really did not anticipate having side effects so quickly. Most of the day I was okay, but picked up a headache sometime after lunch. I’ve attributed that to possibly not staying hydrated enough, I plan on getting some electrolytes to help with

Recently diagnosed type 2. Have been on metformin since December 1. Have lost about 10 pounds with it but the diarrhea is too much for my system, and i was only at 1000mg extended release once a day. Doc told me to discontinue metformin. Was then contacted by the “weight management” team. They t

It’s amazing how life can turn on a dime. Last week, I was bummed because I had a check up and expected to see improvement in my A1C (blood sugar) after 10 weeks on tirzepatide. Instead, it had shot up into diabetic range. I felt pretty overwhelmed thinking about how I was going to manage yet anothe

So I was diagnosed as diabetic at the beginning of this month. My doctor has been useless. He called me to tell me my blood work showed diabetes and to take metformin for three months and then see him again. That was it. He didn't even tell me what my a1c was or anything. He prescribed me tirzepatid

I am so frustrated! I have been on Mounjaro 12.5mg for about 18 months now, having titrated up from 10mg. I transferred to Mounjaro because Trulicity was not having the same impact as the Ozempic, which I was forced to swap to after my insurance company changed their formulary and Ozempic stopped

Hey so super weird we were looking at her monjaro tirzepatide injection and on the inside of the plastic case for the injection a weird little brown spot has developed and we really just want to know is that normal or is it some kind of a contamination any help would be appreciated I personally have

I just started this meditation 3 weeks ago so far so good my sugar levels are dropping and no metformin yay 😀 if I loose any weight it will be a bonus I’m currently on 2.5 has anyone dropped weight on this mg ?

Pretty much the post title. For those taking a GLP-1 medication, especially those who are well controlled, has taking a GLP-1 allowed you to feel less paranoid about what you eat? For context, Dx T2 last year with A1C of 7.1, potential LADA dx in Feb (C peptide is solidly normal). 1000mg of metformi