Insulin—-How Is It Prescribed

[Yul Lose]

Mrs. Lose watches a lot of shows about murders and how they’re solved. Yesterday she was watching one when I came in from the shop about a woman who killed her husband with insulin injections because he was about to find out about a ponzi scheme that she was running. A neighbor had loaned her a bottle of insulin that she had on hand in the refrigerator for her diabetic son. The killer had said that her husband needed it for body building that he did, which was later proven to be bogus. Anyway I got to wondering how much insulin a person would be prescribed to keep on hand and how they would administer it. Injection, I guess would be the way to administer it but if a bottle of insulin disappeared from your insulin supply how easy would it be to replace? Would you just call the pharmacist and ask for a replacement or what?

[Subdeacon Joe]

If you're using vials of insulin there's a good chance that in a months supply you'll end up with a partial vial when you get your next refill. So it could be that it wouldn't need to be replaced  

[Henry T Harrison]

My pens come in a ninety day supply 

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

Yul,

 

You been hangin out wid Alpo lately??

[Yul Lose]

17 minutes ago, Henry T Harrison said:

My pens come in a ninety day supply 

So if a few of your pens from your supply disappeared, let’s say 5 of them, would you be able to get them easily replaced or would there be some questioning by the pharmacist or supplier? 

2 minutes ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

 

Yul,

 

You been hangin out wid Alpo lately??

He’s my brother by another mother.

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

Ah So Deska!!  Clearly that explains it 

[bgavin]

My HMO didn't do it right.

For starters, the new diabetic class was taught by an obese woman.
They handed us a needle, an alcohol pad and let us figure it out.

No mention whatsoever was made about dosing.

I had to research "titrating" on a Canadian web site to get a clue.

This translates to "just fiddle with the dosage until it works for you."

 

[Henry T Harrison]

23 hours ago, Yul Lose said:

So if a few of your pens from your supply disappeared, let’s say 5 of them, would you be able to get them easily replaced or would there be some questioning by the pharmacist or supplier? 

He’s my brother by another mother.

I’m sure that there would be questions 

[Subdeacon Joe]

10 hours ago, bgavin said:

My HMO didn't do it right.

For starters, the new diabetic class was taught by an obese woman.
They handed us a needle, an alcohol pad and let us figure it out.

No mention whatsoever was made about dosing.

I had to research "titrating" on a Canadian web site to get a clue.

This translates to "just fiddle with the dosage until it works for you."

 

 

When my wife was diagnosed the doctor told us a starting point, give it a few days with checking blood sugars several times a day (which she hated), and titrate up or down as needed until she stabilized at a certain range.  The meaning was a little different than what I was taught in chemistry class, but the meaning was clear from context.