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Why wouldn’t the drs just put her ass on insulin then? Is it really money? Is she not really seeing a dr? It must be obvious she needs insulin?
Insulin, even generic long acting, without insurance coverage, would be very expensive.
She says she's prescribed 1000mg of Janumet twice a day but that's not enough to control her blood sugar either. I think the main issue is that she doesn't have a PCP, either in Kuwait or in Canada, and no one is willing to prescribe her insulin. They'll write her an rx for other diabetes management meds, but since she's not an established patient anywhere (and is obviously non-compliant, even to the random ER/clinic docs she sees) it's too much of a risk to prescribe her insulin without regular testing and appointments to determine the right dose/timing/type.
Not only that but if it's obvious to randos on the internet that she just wants insulin to counteract her shitty eating/refusal to make any sort of lifestyle change to improve her health than I reckon any doctor can see through her bullshit too.
I guarantee you are correct on all accounts. Not only is insulin not cheap without insurance, but anyone prescribing it would be on the hook for continuity of care, and I guarantee no one wants to do that. Janumet is shit, no one really uses that any longer given the newer meds. The sulfonylureas have a much higher risk of hypoglycemia compared to newer meds, especially when combined with metformin.
However, you'd be amazed at how many docs in the US don't give a crap that their patients eat like shit and use insulin to balance it out. I had a family member who did that. She ate like shit, her doc just kept upping her insulin. Most people aren't aware but there is such a thing as 500 IU/ml insulin, more commonly known at U-500, which is 5x more concentrated than typical insulin for people who are very insulin resistant. So, for people that want to go this route, insulin does exist that will support them long into this trend, unfortunately.
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