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What is Insulin Lispro?

Insulin lispro is equipotent to insulin regular, but has a more rapid onset. It is used in the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus (insulin dependent, IDDM); type 2 diabetes mellitus (noninsulin dependent, NIDDM) to control hyperglycemia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Diabetes Type 1 51 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Diabetes Type 2 20 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Other 12 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes 3 0
Increase effect of another treatment 2 0
General health 2 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 91 patients currently taking Insulin Lispro

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 5
None
 8

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Insulin Lispro

Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) 2
Injection site pain 1
Reactive hypoglycemia (postprandial) 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Insulin Lispro. See all 63 dosages ►

  100 units all the time (24/7) 100units/mL as needed 75 other daily 100 units daily 600 units daily 1,100 units daily 1,160 units daily 1,400 units daily 1,500 units daily 4,600 units daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 20 Number of Patients: 20 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Insulin Lispro (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 7   Doctor's advice: 64%
Other 4   Other: 36%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 18%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 18%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 9%

See all 11 patients who’ve stopped taking Insulin Lispro

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Insulin Lispro

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Stopped Taking Insulin Lispro

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Insulin Lispro

Always
 12 86%
Usually
 2 14%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Insulin Lispro

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 6 43%
A little
 3 21%
Not at all
 5 36%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Insulin Lispro

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 9%
$50-99
 1 9%
$25-49
 3 27%
< $25
 6 55%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.