Diabetes Mine: Amylin’s Colorful CEO, and AOL’s Stake in Diabetes Blogging
The Type 1 bloggers are very upset by the Amylin’s statement that she tests her blood sugar once a day to “live the diabetes life”, and rightly so.
One thing to keep in mind, is that Byetta is potentially a bigger money maker than Symlin, and Symlin is exculsively for Type 1 at the current time. So her largest market share is Byetta.
However, they also forget that is often the Type 2 Diabetics life. When I first was diagnosed, I was given a prescription and told to test my blood sugar. I was given this schedule:
Monday: Test in the morning
Tuesday: Test before lunch
Wednesday: Test before dinner
Thursday: Test before going to bed
Friday: Test in the morning
Saturday: Test before lunch
Sunday: Test before dinner
Why? Well many insurance plans will only cover 50 strips a month for non-insulin using diabetics. Some only over 100 strips. Over a long time period, this will give the doctor a picture. Not an inaccurate picture.
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