INSULIN HUMAN vs Insulin NPH

Hi! Pharmacist here I am pharmacist in Thailand Have story to tell Some patients forget their doses. Some skip their meds. And then there’s THIS GUY—who decided to turn his diabetes treatment into a f*cking lucky draw. Let me introduce you to the human version of a pharmacy horror story. I was worki

I was a P3 up until last December of last year. I took a leave for mental health and worked at an urgent care. I was in the hospital several times in the psych unit and was really inspired by the nurses who treated me like a human being and switching to nursing has saved my life through all the suic

Veterinary pharmacy tech here. I've worked in a compounding pharmacy for a few years but am currently at an emergency/specialty hospital for dogs and cats only. I am interested in having some input from those of you not involved in vet med, mostly because it seems human medicine has a lot more cont

I'm presenting proposed guidelines for Afrezza at our DUR Board tomorrow. At some point, I'm sure I'll need to mention Exubera, the flop inhaled insulin from 2006-2007. Does anyone remember how it's pronounced? I'm thinking either "ex-OO-burr-a" or "ex-oo-BEAR-a"?

I'm doing a presentation over Afrezza - an inhaled insulin. I know this is not a popular drug but I just wanted to gather information about the popularity of Afrezza. Has anyone ever seen this drug being dispensed at their pharmacy? A few pharmacists that I spoke to said they never dispensed this dr

Do you guys see this taking off and replacing injectable insulin as the dominant form for insulin delivery?

Can someone explain why insulin adsorbed to fumaryl diketopiperazine is significant? Exubera was normal insulin that was just breathed in correct?

Hi! I work as a refill authorization pharmacist in a doctor's office. I receive refill requests and clarifications from pharmacies and send new prescriptions, agree with what you said and bring it up as an issue, etc etc. I've started to get some clarification requests that are particularly. . . St

So, without Googling this, who can tell us what NPH (re:insulin…not Neil Patrick Harris!) stands for? Someone quizzed a group of RPh’s years ago, & I was the only one who remembered it from rx school. Feel free to add your own ones, too!

I've been inpatient since Monday, and just received one of my discharge scripts...ummm there are many errors on It. Lord help me. NPH insulin 2 separate orders, one for am and 1 for hs, both the same amount, but dispense 3ml VIAL, with 2 refills each, sooo I guess that takes us up to 9ml, close en