MAINE
MAINE AT
MAINE AT 5:30... OUR VERIFY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED THERE IS A FORM OF INSULIN
AVAILABLE AT WALMART FOR LESS
THAN 25 DOLLARS.4@
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOT A LOT
OF PEOPLE TALKING ON
FACEBOOK TODAY.
MEGAN WRITES: WHAT REALLY
BOTHERS ME ABOUT THIS IS THAT
IT'S AVAILABLE WITHOUT A
PRESCRIPTION. INSULIN IS A VERY
DANGEROUS DRUG IF NOT TAKEN
APPROPRIATELY.
MERCEDES SAYS: UNFORTUNATELY, AS
MANY HAVE STATED.. NOT ALL4@
INSULIN IS THE SAME NOR DOES IT
WORK THE SAME FOR EVERY 4@
DIABETIC.
AND ERIN WRITES: I USED IT FOR
GESTATIONAL DIABETES BECAUSE4@
INSURANCE WAS RIDICULOUSLY HIGH
FOR NAME BRAND. THIS ISN'T AS
GOOD
THOUGH. 4@
AND AS ONE VIEWER WROTE TO US --
IT'S NOT THE SOLUTION TO HIGH 4@
INSULIN FOR EVERYONE. AND SHE'S
ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO LOOK4@ FURTHER THAN THE HEADLINES. SO TONIGHT WE'RE DIGGING A
LITTLE DEEPER.
LITTLE DEEPER. BRENNA YOUNGBLOOD'S 3 YEAR-OLD
SON, GABE, WAS4@ DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE-1 DIABETES
WHEN HE WAS JUST A YEAR OLD.
HIS MEDICATIONS COST HUNDREDS OF
DOLLARS A MONTH.4@
FORTUNATELY, FOR THE YOUNGBLOOD
HIS MEDICATIONS COST HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS A MONTH.4@ FORTUNATELY, FOR THE YOUNGBLOOD@
FAMILY, INSURANCE COVERS MOST OF
THE COST.
YOUNGBLOOD REACHED OUT TO NEWS
CENTER MAINE FOLLOWING4@
A RECENT STORY CONFIRMING THERE
IS A VERSION OF INSULIN
AVAILABLE
AT WALMART FOR $25 CALLED RELION
INSULIN.4@
"IT'S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING."
BUT THE INSULIN DOESN'T WORK
WITH ALL DIABETICS... 4@
ESPECIALLY IN HER SON.
"IT PEAKS AT A CERTAIN TIME OF
DAY. AND AS ANYBODY WITH
CHILDREN CAN VERIFY, CHILDREN
DON'T ALWAYS WANT TO EAT THE
SAME THING WITH THE SAME CARB
COUNT AT THE SAME TIME
EVERYDAY."
"THEY'RE OLDER INSULINS SO THEY
ARE DEFINITELY LESS PRESCRIBED.
THEY'RE ONLY AVAILABLE AS 4@VI4E
AND SYRINGE AND MOST PATIENTS
THESE DAYS TEND TO USE PENS, OR
FOR TYPE 1 CERTAINLY A LOT
OF OUR PATIENTS ARE ON INSULIN
PUMPS." 4@
DR. RICHARD SIEGEL OF TUFTS
MEDICAL CENTER IN BOSTON SERVES
PATIENTS IN MAINE, VIA
TELEMEDICINE. HE SAYS WHILE
RELION IS AN4@
OLDER VERSION OF INSULIN, IT'S
SOMETHING HE PRESCRIBES.
4@
4@ "IT
4@ "IT STILL HELPS GET BLOOD SUGAR DOWN, IT STILL NEEDS ALL THE
USUAL MONITORING, BUT PEOPLE
NEED TO BE FAMILIAR WITH
WHAT/HOW THESE OLDER INSULINS
WORK."4@
PATIENTS ON RELION MAY NEED TO
MONITOR THEIR BLOOD SUGAR A
LITTLE MORE CLOSELY... AND THE
TIMING OF THE DOSE IS DIFFERENT
COMPARED TO MODERN INSULINS.
DR. TODD HOBBS, THE CHIEF
MEDICAL OFFICER AT NOVO NORDISK
INCORPORATED WHICH MAKES
RELION... SAYS QUOTE "THE 4@
DIFFERENCE IN THE TYPES OF
INSULIN IS RELATED TO HOW SLOWLY
OR
RAPIDLY THEY ARE ABSORBED ONCE
INJECTED. SCIENTIFIC4@
ADVANCES OVER THE YEARS HAVE
MADE IMPROVEMENTS ON
THE SPEED AND LENGTH OF TIME
THIS ABSORPTION OCCURS."
BRENNA YOUNGBLOOD SAYS THE4@
REGIMENT OF USING THE OLDER
INSULIN IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD
NOT WORK FOR HER SON.
"IF HE W4@ERE ON THIS INSULIN A
HE HAD TO EAT THE SAME THING AT
NOONTIME EVERYDAY, AND THEN HE
DECIDES HE DOESN'T WANT
TO EAT AT NOONTIME, HE COULD
POTENTIALLY HAVE4@
A VERY DANGEROUS LOW BLOOD
SUGAR."
AND SAYS THE NEED FOR LOWER
INSULIN PRICES -- IS URGENT --
DESPITE 4@
WHAT WE MAY READ IN THE
HEADLINES.
"'OH THERE'S A $25 INSULIN AT
WALMART SO THESE PEOPLE 4@
WHO WANT THEIR $600 VIAL OF
WHAT WE MAY READ IN THE 4@
HEADLINES. "'OH THERE'S A $25
INSULIN AT WALMART SO THESE
PEOPLE
WHO WANT THEIR $600 VIAL OF 4@
INSULIN ARE 4@JUST BEI4@NG PICK'
WHEN IT'S NOT TRUE. INSULIN
ISN'T JUST INSULIN IT'S ALL
MEDICATION.
WHAT WORKS FOR ONE PERSON MIGHT
NOT WORK FOR SOMEBODY 4@
ELSE AND I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO
BE MORE MINDFUL OR OPEN MINDED
TO THAT."
TO THAT."
TO THAT." MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY ANY INSULIN
SHOULD BE USED UNDER THE4@
4@4@4@4@4@4@4@ DIRECTION OF A DOCTOR. AND IN CASE YOU MISSED OUR STORY
YESTERDAY...
SINCE 2000, 4@WALMART HAS SOLD4@
RELION INSULIN, THE ONLY
PRIVATE INSULIN BRAND ON THE
MARKET RETAILING AT $24.88 PER
VIAL
-- ACCORDING TO A WALMART
SPOKESPERSON.
IT COMES IN RELION NOVOLIN
REGULAR, RELION NOVOLIN NPH AND
RELION4@
NOVOLIN 70-30 MIX.
IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, WALMART
LAUNCHED THE RELION NOVOLIN 4@
70-30
70-30 INSULIN PEN. THE CASH PRICE FOR A PACK OF FIVE PENS IS $42.88, COMPARED TO
$3004@
$3004@
FOR
FOR THE
FOR THE BRAND NAME OPTION.4@