It is better but costs more at $72 per vial. Regular/R insulin:
>Regular Human Insulin which has an onset of action of 1/2 hour to 1 hour, peak effect in 2 to 4 hours, and duration of action of 6 to 8 hours.
The insulin they're offering:
>starts to work about 15 minutes after injection, peaks in about 1 hour, and keeps working for 2 to 4 hours.
For example, if you have maybe 15 grams more of carbohydrates than you planned and you did R (old insulin), then you will either have to wait or, what they did for me in school back at that time, send em to P.E for awhile (since exercise _mostly_ and _usually_ lowers blood sugars) ;-).
Firstly, for anyone completely out of insulin, please know novonordisk offers a patient assistant program and will cover your insulin free of cost. I used this during college. If you can't even afford a doctor, there should be free health care clinics willing to sign those forms required. I used my college's clinic once to do so as well. The down side is signing away your personal health records.
As a type 1 diabetic myself, Walmart's offerings on R or Regular insulin saved me a few times. Once when I was simply out of insulin and did not have insurance. Then when I was caught in another city for work and ran out due to needing to extend my stay. I am slightly disappointed to see that one, the price is not the same as their human insulin which is around 25 dollars per vial I believe. Two, it will require a prescription. The times I bought their cheapest insulin, this was not required. However, I hope this is the right direction.
>Regular Human Insulin which has an onset of action of 1/2 hour to 1 hour, peak effect in 2 to 4 hours, and duration of action of 6 to 8 hours.
The insulin they're offering:
>starts to work about 15 minutes after injection, peaks in about 1 hour, and keeps working for 2 to 4 hours.
For example, if you have maybe 15 grams more of carbohydrates than you planned and you did R (old insulin), then you will either have to wait or, what they did for me in school back at that time, send em to P.E for awhile (since exercise _mostly_ and _usually_ lowers blood sugars) ;-).