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<blockquote data-quote="AlexMBrennan" data-source="post: 453064" data-attributes="member: 82151"><p><strong>Re: Big mistake!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, it would be a step forward: T2s are usually started on basal insulin, so getting her an appropriate insulin (either on its own or mixed or as part of basal/bolus regime) is better than bolus insulin only which is not appropriate for anyone.</p><p></p><p>So you have an insulin passport (your consultant should have completed one for you)?</p><p></p><p>However, one could argue that since you should have been taught to check your insulin prior to injecting (mixed insulin looks cloudy, lispro does not and they have different names) that you are partly to blame - I.e. your doctor is responsible for giving you the wrong prescription but ideally it should have been caught sooner.</p><p></p><p>The above mentioned insulin passport is supposed to be an extra layer to prevent presciption/dispensing errors by having the pharmacist check the passport as well (I'm not too confident that it will actually do anything unless they make it mandatory - if you remember to bring the passport every time you pick up a presciption then you can also remember what insulin you should be getting)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlexMBrennan, post: 453064, member: 82151"] [b]Re: Big mistake![/b] No, it would be a step forward: T2s are usually started on basal insulin, so getting her an appropriate insulin (either on its own or mixed or as part of basal/bolus regime) is better than bolus insulin only which is not appropriate for anyone. So you have an insulin passport (your consultant should have completed one for you)? However, one could argue that since you should have been taught to check your insulin prior to injecting (mixed insulin looks cloudy, lispro does not and they have different names) that you are partly to blame - I.e. your doctor is responsible for giving you the wrong prescription but ideally it should have been caught sooner. The above mentioned insulin passport is supposed to be an extra layer to prevent presciption/dispensing errors by having the pharmacist check the passport as well (I'm not too confident that it will actually do anything unless they make it mandatory - if you remember to bring the passport every time you pick up a presciption then you can also remember what insulin you should be getting) [/QUOTE]
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