The drug campanies in America used very aggressive and deceptive marketing ploys to get a monopoly on insulin with their made for profit, not health synthetic insulin. Physicians, much to their discredit, accepted what the droves of Ken and Barbie doll type sales representatives told them in regard to the synthetic insulin. When the death rate went up with synthetic insulin, the patients were blamed and not the synthetic insulin. The synthetic insulin was number 8 on the FDA list for adverse effects, but nothing has been done. Since the synthetic insulin is the only insulin sold in America, people are having to import the natural pork and beef insulin from other countries. This is where it gets twisted. A vial of natural pork insulin cost about $60.00 dollars from England and a vial of natural pork insulin cost $134.00 from Canada. A person if they can afford it, they can get the natural pork insulin from Canada without problems from the FDA, but even though England imports the natural pork and beef insulin from America to process and sell worldwide, the FDA prevents Americans from getting the less expensive natural pork and beef insulin from England. How does the FDA prevent people from importing the safer and more affordable natural insulin from England, by making England get a signed document by an American physician called "Certificate of Medical Necessity" which is crafted in such a way that few physicians will sign it. Drug companies can make bad medicine ( some people refer to synthetic insulin as murder for profit insulin ), but they couldn't sell bad medicine if physicians didn't prescribe it. Drug companies are undermining physicians credibility with sub-standard medications. I'm just a mother who wants safe insulin for my child.
Q: Why is the FDA hindering the import of less expensive and safer natural insulin from England?
It's simple, it's greed from the drug companies. Let's allow the price of pork and beef insulin to rise twice as much (from Canada) so people will purchase the Humulin insulin (which isn't human). I'm sure it is cheaper for the drug companies to make the cheap stuff (Humulin) insulin. Probably 10 people out of 250,000 didn't have horrible reactions to the the new insulin and the FDA approved it. I'm sure the FDA is rewarded by the drug companies too. The only people not profiting from the cheap (Humulin) insulin are the people who have to take it and these people are nothing but lab rats for the drug companies. The drug companies and the FDA I'm sure have known for a long time that the Humulin insulin doesn't work as well as the pork and beef insulin. They don't want to swallow their pride or don't want to be sued by all of the diabetics (lab rats) in the United States. There has to be a special place in hell for drug company CEOs, doctors, FDA CEOs, and anyone involved with the decisions made for people (lab rats) who need certain medications for survival. Pork and Beef insulin works a lot better than the ecoli stuff. This is one person's thoughts.
Dear Pam:
There is no such thing as "safer natural insulin". It is how one uses insulin that makes it safe or unsafe.
All insulins are eliminated from the body via the kidneys. Kidney function (as eGFR) must be checked first BEFORE PRESCRIBING A PARTICULAR INSULIN.
This is how it goes:
Normal kidney function (eGFR > 60) Best insulin: Lantus.
Reduced kidney function (eGFR approx. 30-59) Best insulin: Levemir (shorter half-life)
On dialysis (eGFR < 17): Do not start with an insulin. Use agents that don't need the kidney (e.g. Prandin). Add 1-2 doses (breakfast and dinner) of very low dose short-acting insulin only if absolutely necessary (Novolog, Humalog, Apidra).
The FDA is a tool of the drug companies and received money from them, as does the American Diabetes Association. None of the FDA doctors are practicing phsyicians.
Roberto Illa, M.D.
www.chicodiabetesdoctor.com
Dear Ms. Maske:
I worked for the man who developed the technique of manufacturing "synthetic
insulin" while at Stanford University (Stanley Cohen, M.D. Nobel prize for creating the field of biotechnology).
First of all "synthetic insulin" (bacteria injected with human DNA make pure human insulin....neat trick) is safer than beef or pork insulins (antibodies produced). The increase in death and complications which coincides with the release of synthetic insulins may confuse you....but has nothing to do with the tool (the insulin)....it is the "carpenter" and those who teach him/her (American Diabetes Association and Pharmaceutical companies). An insulin like the 24 hour active "Lantus" brand is the best on the market and produces a steady "even" blood level of insulin...and therefore....blood sugar. NPH, Regular of any type...beef, pork...or whatever cannot do this. They peak halfway through the day and drop the blood sugars more than in the mornind and evening.
Each insulin can only be used after you have determined the kidney function
of the patient. (eGFR). Then the insulin is matched to the patient. If you do
not follow this rule you will do great harm to your patient. Insulins only exit the body through the kidneys. Today most kidney specialists who treat diabetics
on dialysis units ( "0" or close to zero eGFR ....say under 17 ml/min/m2) are still using an insulin like Lantus which requires perfect kidney function! The patients
routinely black out, get dizzy, have seizures and die on occasion. I have witnessed this personally on several occasions.
This is a very important subject. I deal with it in my book. There is not enough
time or space here.
Roberto Victor Illa, M.D.
The Illa Protocol 3rd Edition
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Only people who don't have diabetes or people who have never been on natural pork and beef insulin think that rDNA synthetic insulin is a safer product. Thank you for your reply.