As the husband of a type-1 wife, I just wanted to add that there is a difference in insulin that isn't just long-acting or short-acting. Different people can react differently to different insulins. My wife used the ReliOn brand for both for a while, and even though the short-acting was fine, the long-acting was way too inconsistent (some very non-deterministic lows and highs). Switching to Levemir long-acting smoothed those out.
That said, nothing inherently wrong with the ReliOn brand if that's all one can afford. My wife forgot her short-acting insulin for a long weekend trip one time and it was nice to know what we could simply buy some insulin out of pocket and not get gouged to death.
> am amazed by how many diabetics and GPs don't know this exists.
I've noticed that GPs don't know enough about diabetes, one needs a specialist to really get control of it.
That said, nothing inherently wrong with the ReliOn brand if that's all one can afford. My wife forgot her short-acting insulin for a long weekend trip one time and it was nice to know what we could simply buy some insulin out of pocket and not get gouged to death.
> am amazed by how many diabetics and GPs don't know this exists.
I've noticed that GPs don't know enough about diabetes, one needs a specialist to really get control of it.