Insulin Now Three Times More Expensive?

A new study finds the price of insulin has tripled in only 10 years

Friday, April 08, 2016 Follow Us         Featured Cost of Insulin Rises Threefold in Just a Decade: Study Americans with diabetes who rely on insulin to keep their blood sugar levels in check are facing sticker shock: A new study finds the price of insulin has tripled in only 10 years. Moreover, since... Read more ...  News Diabetes Cases Quadruple Worldwide Since 1980: Report The number of adults worldwide with diabetes has quadrupled in the past 35 years, a new report shows. Climbing from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014, the increases were particularly... Read more ... FDA: 2 Diabetes Drugs May Be Linked to Heart Failure Risk Diabetes drugs containing saxagliptin and alogliptin may raise the risk of heart failure, particularly in patients with heart or kidney disease, U.S. health officials warned Tuesday. Drugs containing... Read more ... Weight-Loss Surgery May Help Control Type 2 Diabetes in Long Run New research adds to growing evidence that weight-loss surgery helps patients with type 2 diabetes lower their blood sugar levels for at least five years. "Left unchecked, diabetes can lead to kidney... Read more ... Diabetes Management Center MedicineNet's Diabetes Center gives you all of the tools necessary to manage your diabetes. Get access to various diabetes topics, slideshows, quizzes and medications for reference. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition characterized by high levels of sugar in the blood. The two types of diabetes are type 1 and type 2. Symptoms of diabetes include increased urine output, thirst, hunger, and fatigue. Treatment of diabetes depends on the type. Read more ... Health Tools   Picture Slideshows   Quizzes   Health & Living   Pinpoint Your Pain   Medical Word of the Day   More Newsletters   Diseases and Conditions   Medical Picture of the Day   MedicineNet Home