Link to Bridling at Insulin’s Cost, States Push for Generics – New York Times
I am surprised that there are no generic insulins, too. But then making insulin is a completely difference process than making regular drugs.
Of course, long acting regular insulin is fairly cheap and can be obtained without a prescription, per Lanting’s philosophy. For example, if you go out to Walmart.com and find their mail order pharmacy, you can get regular insulin for 48.46 for 3 vials.
Now a pump user CAN use that insulin, but you have to remember that most modern pumps use a shorter acting insulin and are programmed to deal with it.
The good news is that Walmart sells the more rapid activing insulin for the same price, and they also sell 70/30 for that same price.
Lower cost alternatives ARE needed. Not everyone is as lucky as I have to have great insurance, and even I didn’t at one time, and that could change again.
And I will admit there are times that needing my insurance have kept me from doing other things. It’s even kept me from other school districts.