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Insulin costs

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Steff

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Just abit of nosey question really . Is they any way of finding out how much it costs. I got 5 pens pre filled bet it ain't cheap. I doubt you can find out can you don't think lilly would disuss that would they LOL. I only askip out of curiosity I'm not planning on selling mine on eBay.
 
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It costs the NHS between about £40-£50 per 5 cartridges/pens 🙂 Depends on the type of insulin, but they are all pretty similar, I seem to remember. Illegal to sell it though! 😱
 
Hi Steff if you put in your area (London) drug tariff, you will find the costings for your insulin.
 
Northerner said:
It costs the NHS between about £40-£50 per 5 cartridges/pens 🙂 Depends on the type of insulin, but they are all pretty similar, I seem to remember. Illegal to sell it though! 😱
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Thanks Alan. Never would I like my freedom to much lol
 
Humulin I Preloaded Pen
3 ml Disposable Pen (kwikpen) Pack of 5 £21.70
 
Last time I looked, Humalin I (which I use) was about half the cost of Lantus or Levemir. Usually cartridges cost the same as disposable pens, which is inexcusable in my opinion.
 
Steff said:
It's humalin l kwik pen 5 cartridges. If I've done it right it says £21.70
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Wow look at that the Cornish prices are the same as London's 🙂
 
About 15 years ago I worked out how much I was costing the country just to say alive, and it came to about £130 a month for all the various conditions. That's 15 years ago. I didn't feel guilty, I was paying a sight more in tax, but it does make you think. If Theresa May didn't have diabetes, we'd be an easy target for one insulin fits all, that being the cheapest. The way things are going, I expect that in the next 5 years. Easy target
 
Steff, Tresiba was the most expensive basal insulin, I know this because I'm told every single time I see a medical professional, and it's why they'll only prescribe one cartridge at a time. I think it still is.
 
KookyCat said:
Steff, Tresiba was the most expensive basal insulin, I know this because I'm told every single time I see a medical professional, and it's why they'll only prescribe one cartridge at a time. I think it still is.
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Goodness - are they still doing that to you? That cannot be making things any cheaper, since every prescription request and pharmacy visit will have an overhead, and this means they are paying out 5 times the overhead costs they need to - NOT very efficient! 😱 :( I pointed this out to my surgery when they tried to reduce me to 100 strips per prescription, I'm not sure they always take it into account with their 'policy'.
 
The other thing i noticed in the list Pummper_Sue linked is ordinary Metformin was around the pound mark and the sow release was nearer five!
 
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