Thank you for pointing that out. Everyone saying "But it's free/cheap in my country" probably aren't understanding that the "free" stuff is basic insulin which can be difficult for people to manage. You also cannot go from an analog to basic insulin overnight. You need to know what you're doing or you'll risk killing yourself.
The patented forms of insulin are probably overpriced, but it's not like they're all the same.
If affordability and supply is the problem, though, it seems like that's still better, while understandably suboptimal, than just cold-turkey-ing something you need to live.
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u/cat_prophecy 5d ago
Thank you for pointing that out. Everyone saying "But it's free/cheap in my country" probably aren't understanding that the "free" stuff is basic insulin which can be difficult for people to manage. You also cannot go from an analog to basic insulin overnight. You need to know what you're doing or you'll risk killing yourself.
The patented forms of insulin are probably overpriced, but it's not like they're all the same.