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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 75 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Diabetes Type 2 35 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Other 14 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 126 patients currently taking Insulin Lispro

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 2
Mild
 6
None
 11

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

Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) 4
Weight loss 1
Injection site pain 1
Reactive hypoglycemia (postprandial) 1
Fears of fainting or passing out 1
Passed out 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Insulin Lispro. See all 83 dosages ►

  100 units all the time (24/7) 100units/mL as needed 20units as needed 1 intl units daily 1 other daily 3 other daily 70 units daily 100 units daily 300 units daily 800 units daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 15 Number of Patients: 15 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 24 Number of Patients: 24 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Insulin Lispro (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 12   Doctor's advice: 63%
Other 6   Other: 32%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 16%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 16%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 11%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 5%

See all 19 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

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Insulin Lispro

Always
 15 75%
Usually
 4 20%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Insulin Lispro

Very
 2 10%
Somewhat
 7 35%
A little
 5 25%
Not at all
 6 30%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Insulin Lispro

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 7%
$50-99
 1 7%
$25-49
 4 29%
< $25
 8 57%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.