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Diabetes Patients Are Losing Limbs And Sight Because They Can’t Afford Insulin

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twistedingenue:

mintyliciousbjd:

dizzy-pup:

dr-archeville:

jewishdragon:

merc9andazombie:

More on skyrocketing drug costs in the United States

@fangirlinginleatherboots 

“A medical professor who has tracked the cost of insulin over the
years says that a one-month supply of a popular version that cost $45
wholesale in 2001 cost $1,447 14 years later, an increase of almost
3,000%.  That’s the wholesale price, not the retail price that an
uninsured patient would pay.“

Yeah, that’s messed up.

Wow, it’s really rare I see something cross my dash that’s actually directly tied to my life on a personal level, but yea, I’m Diabetic Type 1 and this is a problem.

I’ve been off insurance for the last three or so years and have been working around through channel I can to continue to obtain insulin and supplies for my insulin pump (of which is currently a problem, fun) for free or at reduced costs.

The Lilly Cares program is one I heavily endorse if your insulin is a Lilly product. They’ve been incredibly helpful to me.

Please spread the word on this. There are a lot of young Diabetics like myself that do not have a support system, do not have insurance, and do not have jobs. Insulin is literally a life-sustaining medication for T1 Diabetics. Please do not just ignore this.

T1 diagnosed over 20 years ago here. Back when I was out of work in 2009 I contacted Lilly Cares and I swear I would not be alive if not for that program. T1s need insulin to live. Daily. Our bodies do not produce the hormone because our immune systems backfired and killed our pancreas’ islet cells.

These days one bottle of insulin costs me approx $600 (before insurance) and lasts 2-3 weeks, tops. Less than ten years ago the cost was closer to $200/bottle. The insulin manufacturers keep “tweaking” insulins like Humalog so the patents can be extended(*), so we don’t even have access to a generic option.

The price gouging on insulin in this country is cruel and damn disgusting.

Please, please boost this info. It WILL save lives.

(*) a fact that even my endocrinologist has confirmed!

Lilly Cares saved my husband’s life when he had no prescription drug coverage. Please, please utilize this program if you can. It’s wonderful.

Diabetes Patients Are Losing Limbs And Sight Because They Can’t Afford Insulin

~ Sephira ~ Leave a comment

the-real-seebs:

ophidiae:

tinierpurplefishes:

theforcekeepers:

DO NOT DO THIS.

This makes me so angry.

If you work in a movie theater and you do this I have no respect for you.

My younger brother is Type 1 Diabetic.

When we go to a movie theater, we always get him diet soda. If he were to get regular when we asked for diet, we would not give him the insulin he would need for it. If that happens, his blood sugar level could go so high he could go into a coma, go blind, or even die.

If somebody gave him regular soda instead of diet without telling us, that person could be responsible for a nine-year-old being killed or blinded.

Just thinking about that makes me so angry. I get scared every time we take him to a movie in case the people working there saw this picture and decide to do the same thing.

Please signal boost this so people know.

This applies to other things, too. I’m ridiculously sensitive to caffeine, and when I ask for decaf, there’s a reason. If I get full caff sometime when I ask for decaf, I’m probably not sleeping for a day or two, and likely starting to get seriously worried about heart attacks.

THIS. I have so many allergies, it’s not even funny. And yeah, I’ve gotten sick from people screwing up my food. It’s why I almost never eat out anymore, and when I do, it’s at one or two trusted restaurants where the wait staff knows me very well, and are extra careful with my order.

This is possibly one of the most fascinating indirect ways in which I’ve seen the madness of diet culture endanger people’s lives. People get so resentful of the insanity that they will do stuff which blatantly endangers people because they just assume the people are being stupid.