So call alternative pharmacies if you can use them. So for some reason this seems to be a Walmart - or a certain supplier - problem. (It was late in the day when I started making calls.) I called our doctor and an Rx was called into them, I called Costco pharmacy and read the info from his insurance card to them and we had the levemir the next day. I telephoned the local Costco and they had levemir in stock - again, not even a question. I checked they are not the alternative pharmacy - turned out it is Costco. We had thought the alternative pharmacy was Walgreens and when I called they had levemir without even a question of their having it. We are on traditional Medicare and each have a Part D plan - his being one of the ones with a copay for levemir, so choice of pharmacies is limited. Their suggestion was to contact our doctor for an alternative insulin. They said it was on back order and they did not know when they have it again. We had the same problem renewing husband's levemir at Walmart about 2 weeks ago. Other than slight adjustments with each transition, I never had an issue.Īgain, I've never heard of any kind of adverse reactions based on different combos of these basal and bolus insulins.ĭo you realize how often you'd need to inject Novolog to act as a basal insulin properly? Hint: My insulin pumop shoots little bits of novolog every 3-5 minutes. Personally, my MDI regiment started as Humalog & Lantus, then changed to Humalog & Levemir, then finally Novolog and Levemir, and all the changes were due to Insurance Formularies. I hate to be cynical, but perhaps your doctor has a bit too cozy a relationship with the Novo Nordisk rep, and is intentionally pushing your their direction? In fact, best practice is to inject your basal such as Levemir or Lantus in a different area from your bolus insulin.
It's not as if you actually "mix" either of these with fast-acting insulin anyway. So, by your doctor's theory, virtually nobody should be using Lantus, even though it is prescribed over 3x more often in the USA. Yes, Novo Nordisk makes both Novolog and Levemir, but Lantus is made by Sanofi-Aventis, and they don't make either Novolog or Humalog. I can't see any reason against using Lantus along with Novolog.
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