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What is Insulin Regular?

Regular Insulin is used to treat type 1 diabetes; type 2 diabetes unresponsive to diet and/or oral hypoglycemics; as an adjunct to parenteral nutrition; and for diabetic ketoacidosis. Off label it is used for hyperkalemia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Diabetes Type 1 15 1 Efficacy_major
Diabetes Type 2 5 1 Efficacy_moderate
type 11 insulin dependent 1 1 Efficacy_major
Diabetes Mellitus 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 3

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

hard to control blood sugars 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Insulin Regular. See all 12 dosages ►

  humanrecombinant100units/mL as needed 1 other daily 26 intl units daily 29 mg daily 31 intl units daily 35 other daily 67 intl units daily 90 other daily 100 units daily 2,800 units daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Insulin Regular (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 50%
Other 2   Other: 20%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 20%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 10%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 10%

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

Currently Taking Insulin Regular

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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
0
0

Stopped Taking Insulin Regular

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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
0
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Insulin Regular

Always
 3 75%
Usually
 1 25%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Insulin Regular

Very
 1 25%
Somewhat
 1 25%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 2 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Insulin Regular

$200+
 1 33%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 33%
< $25
 1 33%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.