http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2007/01/20/cheaper-diabetic-supplies/ for anyone who has been touched by this disease Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:18:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2007/01/20/cheaper-diabetic-supplies/#comment-4239 Tom Kacy Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:58:07 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2007/01/20/cheaper-diabetic-supplies/#comment-4239 A 10ml vial of Humalog runs around $60-$70. I think a vial of Lantus is about the same. Before starting on my pump, I was getting the prefilled/disposable Humalog pens. They come 5 in a box, and each pen is 3ml. One box of pens = 1 1/2 vials of Humalog. The price for a box of pens is something insane like $130. When I was on NPH/Regular shots without insurance I used to go to CVS. Their prices were much cheaper than the other big chains near me. Last time I had to buy a vial of OTC insulin, CVS charged around $26 and the other places wanted $40+. I also always reused syringes, even when I had insurance. A box of 100 syringes could last me a year easily. -- Liz Type I dx 4/1987 MiniMed Paradigm 715 5/16/05 A 10ml vial of Humalog runs around $60-$70. I think a vial of Lantus is
about the same. Before starting on my pump, I was getting the
prefilled/disposable Humalog pens. They come 5 in a box, and each pen is
3ml. One box of pens = 1 1/2 vials of Humalog. The price for a box of
pens is something insane like $130.
When I was on NPH/Regular shots without insurance I used to go to
CVS. Their prices were much cheaper than the other big chains near
me. Last time I had to buy a vial of OTC insulin, CVS charged around $26
and the other places wanted $40+.
I also always reused syringes, even when I had insurance. A box of 100
syringes could last me a year easily.
–
Liz
Type I dx 4/1987
MiniMed Paradigm 715 5/16/05

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