INSULIN ASPART vs Semaglutide

For some reason a childhood memory popped into my head just now. We were driving somewhere with another family and their mom was in diabetic shock. My mom stormed into an Italian restaurant demanding a sweet tea. The staff were hesitant. Meanwhile the lady in distress was not in her right mind and s

there are two stories about my mother being judgmental regarding my symptoms, and here they go. when i (20f) was in 8th grade, there was a high school entrance exam that i was going to take in june. the whole year was horrible for me; apart from being severely depressed, whenever i sat down to study

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Tw: Chronic condition. My baby boy was diagnosed with type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes, our lives haven't been the same eversince, we've been struggling with accepting his condition as the new normal while trying to learn as much as we can and be able to provide our son with the best care and mi

Is anyone able to clarify this for me, I’m an RPh but I hadn’t heard anything about this before. I had a patient who was (correctly) dispensed several vials of generic insulin aspart as per the prescription (no DAW or prescriber note requesting brand name) and our state laws pertaining to generic d

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I was diagnosed back at the end of March this year and I was very sick. My A1C was 14! Blood sugars of 300+ average. I took this very seriously as I had seen what type 1 did to my grandma. And I know type 1 and type 2 are two very different beasts, I did not want to have to give myself insulin as we

I am new diagnosed type 2 diabetic. My fasting bs was 140 and A1C is 6.4. My insurance denied both tirzepitide and Semaglutide brand names stating my A1C must be 6.5. I’m so frustrated. I had started taking compounded Semaglutide prior to my diagnosis for weight loss and then did my blood work and r

**1st June 2021 - new docs, start treatment**     weight: **216 lb** / 97.98 kg height: 6'1" / 1.85 m BMI: 28.5 (overweight) BP: **132/90** (too high) *start lisinopril* HbA1c: **10.4%** average BG: 252 mg/dL, 14 mmol/L LDL: 127 mg/dL HDL: 36 mg/dL TG: 845 mg/dL (!)

I have been using ozempic for 3 months. My side effects were mild and bearable. I noticed that I got nausea when I ate unhealthy or large amounts of food. I started to eat less and better quality. I was more sensitive to motion nausea (like long bus rides), but all ok. Last month my period was

I was diagnosed with T2 in April 2024 after having symptoms like thirsty and weight loss . My A1C was 11.5 in April .after taking medications and vigorous workouts , A1C dropped to 5.5 in October . I trained for marathon and ran Chicago marathon . I put in lot of miles . I am not strict on diet tho

Well... I had a good run, but Ozempic has finally become Unobtainium where I live, and my endo seems intent on waiting a couple of days to get back to me to say that they sent a refill to a pharmacy that doesn't have it to sell. I'm supposed to take a 2 mg shot today, and my next endo appointment is

Hi guys, Happy New Year! I was diagnosed with T2 about a year ago, but I struggled taking care of myself. I was depressed and didn't really think about it too much, therefore, I was still eating a lot of junk food, staying all day in the couch but I was always feeling tired and my health wasn't the

Hi everyone. My husband (33) was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and I am a feeling a broad mix of emotions. We got married this year, I'm a deeply anxious person, and it just made me jump straight to worst case scenarios. So it's been a hard couple of days and I don't think I'm making it an