Talk To Your Doc About Getting Off The Metformin Altogether

I am not so sure about shooting insulin and being on Metformin also. It does not make a lot of sense to me. Talk to your doc about getting off the Metformin altogether. If he thinks it is better to stay on the Metformin, ask him why not start another oral antiglycemic in addition to Metformin rather than starting insulin at this point.

The cartridges cost the same as the disposable pen. We found out the pharmacist messed up and gave us the wrong things. It has finally been fixed and we are using the disposable pens as the dr ordered. One other thing is that the refills are not for the Solarstar but the OptiClick. The pen itself (for the refills) has to be gotten from you doctor. I did get to see the price on both and belive it or not they are the exact (to the penny) the same price. Both are 202.58. Shocked me. I do wish to appologize for the amount of time it has taken me to respond. I have been sick and so has my husband. I am also getting ready for a day trip tommorrow for possible Jury duty (over 2 hours away). And yes they can do that when it's the state grand jury.

Also on an update note: We found that the easiest way for him to get the insulin is in the very back of his arm. He can't reach that so I do give him his shot each night. The stomach burns, the legs are almost no fat at all and the sides of the arms are muscular. I don't mind helping him with this. He is up to 25 units of Lantus each night with an up in the Metformin to 2000 mg per day (that's the max right?). Anyway his numbers are still up there and the diet is also under tight control. He is allowed (by mutual agreement) one snack a day and one sweet treat a week provided he exercises daily. The once a week thing was his ideal but the exercise part was mine (he agreed to have only one a week if he did something to improve his numbers and I suggested exercise). I do believe he is gonna get there it's just taking longer than either of us expected. We were so naive as to think take a shot numbers are normal.

I use the disposable pens. How much less do the pens that use the cartridge cost. More specifically, not the reusable pen, but the little vials it uses? Looks like it would be cheaper.