Insulin Report for Patients Like You

What is Insulin?

An example of Insulin

Insulin is a polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism. It can change the liver's ability to release fat stores. Insulin must be administered to patients in whom there is a lack of the hormone. There are many types of insulin.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
			Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose	# of patients	# of patients with evaluations	Major	Moderate	Slight	None	Can’t tell
Diabetes Mellitus	17	1
Diabetes Type 2	5	0
Diabetes Type 1	3	0
Increase effect of another treatment	2	1
General health	2	0
Steroid-induced Diabetes Mellitus	1	0

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See all 44 patients currently taking Insulin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	0
Moderate	0
Mild	1
None	2

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

Depressed mood	1	1
Anxious mood	1	1
Eating disorder symptoms	1	1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Insulin. See all 38 dosages ►

24 mmol/L daily	25 mg daily	30 mg daily	40 mg daily	50 mg daily	50 other daily	54 mmol/L daily	70 other daily	75 other daily	100 mg daily
1	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Insulin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	3
Course of treatment ended	3
Doctor's advice	1
Not indicated	1

See all 8 patients who’ve stopped taking Insulin

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

Currently Taking Insulin

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0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
1	0	0	1	0	4

Stopped Taking Insulin

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Insulin

Always	2	67%
Usually	1	33%
Sometimes	0	0%
Never	0	0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Insulin

Very	0	0%
Somewhat	1	33%
A little	0	0%
Not at all	2	67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Insulin

$200+	0	0%
$100-199	0	0%
$50-99	0	0%
$25-49	0	0%
< $25	2	100%

**Purpose:** Diabetes Mellitus *(Started Jul 10, 1968)*
Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
May 17, 1991	4 mg Daily	Moderate	Mild	Usually	Somewhat

Purpose: Diabetes Mellitus (Started Jul 10, 1968)

Date

Dosage

Perceived effectiveness

Side Effects

Adherence

Burden

May 17, 1991

4 mg Daily

Moderate

Mild

Usually

Somewhat

Interactions

Other Names

insulin

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