Sunday, May 11, 2008
How's Your Humalog?
Has anyone noticed a recent change in the way your Humalog is being absorbed? Or has anyone had a change in the way your Humalog is absorbed over some period of time? Of course there are a million explanations for anything in diabetes but Humalog just doesn't seem to be working for me the way it used to--it takes a very long time to start acting (at least an hour usually) and seems to accumulate and then hit me later on in the day (by pump or by injection). I assume it's just me but I've had one other friend report the same thing in the past few weeks. I've used Lilly insulin since day 1 and it has been great but I am considering switching over to Novolog or Apidra. I've tried to rule out all of the usual suspects (pump problems, stress etc.) It could also be that I'm paying a lot closer attention so am more finicky about getting rid of those highs.
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I've been having some weird issues at lunch (resistant highs) although I eat the same freaking thing every day. Might be a chance in the seasons or amped up work outs - I use novolog though.
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You might consider the fact that some vials of Humalog are not actually made by Eli Lilly and Company, but outsourced to a third-party contract manufacturer in McPherson, KS: Hospira, Inc.'s "One 2 One Contract Manufacturing Services" (known previously as Abbott Laboratories' One2One Global Pharmaceutical Services which was spun-off as an independent company in 2004) -- see the FDA documentation here for details). I don't care what anyone says: its NOT the same product when another company makes it; there are far too many variables, from temperatures maintained in the bioreactors to quality control processes on the factory floor which can influence the end-product. For that reason, you might consider another product like Novolog or Apidra; so far, neither Novo Nordisk nor Sanofi Aventis has FDA-approval to outsource the manufacture of their insulin!
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