wakandamama:annieisyourfavourite:gahdamnpunk:The rich are getting more rich thohis name was Josh Wil
wakandamama:annieisyourfavourite:gahdamnpunk:The rich are getting more rich thohis name was Josh Wilkerson and it’s important to point out that he died while taking Reli-On, the common “Walmart Insulin” you see people constantly pushing as a cheaper alternative.so if you ever see people suggesting this, or god forbid you feel like doing it yourself, i want you to look up this story and remember Josh Wilkerson, and realize that the solution HAS to be bigger and more systemic than thatSo, I’m type 2 diabetic and have been since I was 11. I floated on taking metformin and fasting for a while. Until it started making me so sick I couldn’t stay away from a bathroom for more than an hour and would go to sleep instead of eat because if I ate I’d get sick due to metformin. So then, at about 16 they started me on long acting Levemir insulin, I’ve been on 25 units before bed since. That was until I was kicked off CHIP and the only available health plan for a broke college students is 150 a month, it was best i just go to urgent cares and go without.Welp after rationing the last of my levemir for 3 months, I ran out…..and proceeded to be without for 6 months. Well in January, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET BACK ON INSULIN I was talking to my doctor(she is also a diabetic) who damn near had a panic attack due to my A1C being 13 and my BS average being 430. I asked her about the Walmart insulin and she stopped me right there.“Levemir was pick for specific reasons for you. Levemir is a modern, long acting insulin that your body, even with you bring off it for a while now, is used too. This Walmart insulin would have helped if you had finally reached 700 points and in a emergency but it’s not a modern insulin, its fast acting. You need your proper insulin and the clinic is going to work so you have that.”The prices for insulin, AND MULTIPLE INSULIN TYPES, needs to be regulated to a accessible price (fucking free really but I’ll stand for like 25 dollars) and be noncompetitive. -- source link