INSULIN LISPRO vs PIOGLITAZONE

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

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