Animal Insulin Still Available, Says Wockhardt UK
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Article Date: 30 Nov 2007 - 1:00 PDT
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People with diabetes will still have access to animal insulin once Novo Nordisk withdraws its pork (porcine) insulins this December.
Wockhardt UK says it will continue to supply Hypurin porcine and bovine insulin, giving people with diabetes a much-needed choice of treatment.
Cathy Moulton, Diabetes UK care advisor , maintains that it is important for people with diabetes to have a choice about their treatment.
She says: "No two people with diabetes are the same. Although there are a very small number of people who use animal insulins in the UK, we are still hoping it will be provided.
"Changing insulin from the animal to human type is not as simple as it sounds because some people have a serious reaction to it. It is important that people with diabetes talk to their GPs before making any decisions about the matter."
In 2000 Diabetes UK commissioned a report on the subject which was published in Diabetic Medicine. It found that although most people can manage their diabetes effectively and safely with human insulin, a small number had problems with low blood glucose levels (hypoglycaemia) when they were treated with it.
The Department of Health has stated it fully accepts that some people are better suited to porcine or bovine insulin and that these insulins should continue to be available.
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What A Relief!
posted by Trisha Martin on 10 Jan 2008 at 3:36 pmWhen I was first diagnosed as a Diabetic, aged 27, I was put on Porcine insulin in Oxford.
10 years later, pregnant with my first child and under a Diabetic consultant in Barnstaple who had told me I would never have children, who put me on HUMAN insulin [as it was called in 1986], I rarely went through a day or night without falling into a hypoglycaemic coma having no prior warning/awareness. It was frightening and totally disruptive to my partner's and my life.
After 6months, being told I would go blind if I did not have laser treatment on my eyes, I returned to Oxford for a second opinion. The VERY FIRST recommendation was that I go back on to Porcine Insulin which I did. Immediately the hypoglycaemic comas decreased noticeably, to a minimum. Now, 20years later, I have never had laser treatment in my eyes. I have them regularly checked and enjoy perfect sight. I have stocked up as best I could for fear of losing the opportunity to have Porcine insulin now that it is not available on the NHS.
I would welcome knowing how to obtain it and whether Pork Actrapid and Pork Insulatard are still available to me. If so, HOW? I look forward to hearing from you as to the cost also, please, as soon as possible.
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