Insulin prices and usage are soaring

Over the past 20 years (2017), while the price of a

• gallon of milk climbed 23 percent and the sticker on a
• Dodge Caravan minivan rose 21 percent, the list price of the
• Insulin Humalog, made by Eli Lilly and Co., shot up 1,157 percent.

Different types of Insulin

There’s No Excuse for the Insulin Crisis Feb 2020

• "In one 2019 study, one in four people with diabetes reported using less insulin than they needed because of the cost. "
• "For the insulin I use, Eli Lilly’s Humalog, the list price is $332 per vial, which is what I would pay if I wasn’t insured. I usually use two or three vials per month. Other people with diabetes might require substantially more. It adds up fast. When Humalog came out in 1996, one vial cost $21."
• "n 2016, the average annual cost of insulin for a person with Type 1 diabetes in the U.S. was $5,705, more than double what it was in 2012. In general, people with diabetes spend on average 2.3 times more on health care than people without diabetes."

See also Vitamin D Life

• Diabetes Prevention Program funded by many (Vitamin D would be much better) – Aug 2018
• Health Care Costs in US are increasing - infographics and Vitamin D - Dec 2016
  shows that Diabetes and Hypertension costs are very and AND are increasing
  

Items in both categories Diabetes and Hypertension are listed here:

Overview Diabetes and vitamin D contains the following summary

• Diabetes is 5X more frequent far from the equator
• Children getting 2,000 IU of vitamin D are 8X less likely to get Type 1 diabetes
• Obese people get less sun / Vitamin D - and also vitamin D gets lost in fat
• Sedentary people get less sun / Vitamin D
• Worldwide Diabetes increase has been concurrent with vitamin D decrease and air conditioning
• Elderly get 4X less vitamin D from the same amount of sun
      Elderly also spend less time outdoors and have more clothes on
• All items in category Diabetes and Vitamin D 454 items: both Type 1 and Type 2

Vitamin D appears to both prevent and treat diabetes

• Appears that >2,000 IU will Prevent
• Appears that >4,000 IU will Treat , but not cure
• Appears that Calcium and Magnesium are needed for both Prevention and Treatment
  • which are just some of the vitamin D cofactors

Number of articles in both categories of Diabetes and:

• Dark Skin 22;   Intervention 49;   Meta-analysis 28;   Obesity 26;  Pregnancy 39;   T1 (child) 34;  Omega-3 10;  Vitamin D Receptor 18;  Genetics 10;  Magnesium 18    Click here to see details