# Share **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/c/diabetes-share/10.md?page=36 [Latest](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/tags.md) **Page:** 37 --- ## [Foreign drug import is now legal: discussion thread](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/foreign-drug-import-is-now-legal-discussion-thread/1093)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/foreign-drug-import-is-now-legal-discussion-thread/1093 "2017-06-06T22:12:23Z")
Today's new Supreme Court decision on foreign patent rights appears to makes it legal to import drugs that are FDA-approved from lower-priced markets into the US. In Impression Products vs Lexmark, the Supreme Court ju… --- ## [Consequences of SCOTUS Lexmark decision on parallel drug imports: exclusive interview with Professor Abbott](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/consequences-of-scotus-lexmark-decision-on-parallel-drug-imports-exclusive-interview-with-professor-abbott/1116)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/consequences-of-scotus-lexmark-decision-on-parallel-drug-imports-exclusive-interview-with-professor-abbott/1116 "2017-06-04T05:50:03Z")
On May 30, 2017, in Impression Products vs. Lexmark, the Supreme Court reversed a Federal Circuit decision over the right by Lexmark to stop the import of refurbished Lexmark printer cartridges into the US. The Court rul… --- ## [Canada insulin: price comparisons](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/canada-insulin-price-comparisons/1136)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/canada-insulin-price-comparisons/1136 "2017-06-03T21:27:46Z")
The SCOTUS Lexmark decision on 05/30/2017 appears to make import of FDA-approved drugs legal under certain conditions that are still a bit unclear. On that basis, we started researching sources and costs for Canadian ins… --- ## [@Eric, What day is today?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/eric-what-day-is-today/1120)
**Author:** [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/eric-what-day-is-today/1120 "2017-06-03T01:49:56Z")
This is a landmark day for T1's like @eric and myself. A day we live for, a day when a rage bolus is de riguer. Break out that expired insulin and enjoy! Long Live..... --- ## [How drug prices work: a must-read](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-drug-prices-work-a-must-read/1054)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/how-drug-prices-work-a-must-read/1054 "2017-06-02T16:32:44Z")
This remarkable article is what got me to understand for the first time how drug pricing works: http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/581baa99691e888d008b47cb-960/bi-graphics-big%20pharma%20v03.png cour… --- ## [DX'ed in 1983, or: 3 Regimens and Counting](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dxed-in-1983-or-3-regimens-and-counting/683)
**Author:** [@drbbennett](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/drbbennett)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/dxed-in-1983-or-3-regimens-and-counting/683 "2017-06-01T19:23:20Z")
I was 28, in grad school at the time, and it was getting on toward the end of fall term. Back in October I'd had a nasty cold that had dragged on for a couple weeks, and after it cleared up I started feeling just general… --- ## [Foreign drug import is now legal: SCOTUS decision](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/foreign-drug-import-is-now-legal-scotus-decision/1112)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/foreign-drug-import-is-now-legal-scotus-decision/1112 "2017-06-01T19:03:23Z")
Today's new Supreme Court decision on foreign patent rights appears to makes it legal to import drugs that are FDA-approved from lower-priced markets into the US. In Impression Products vs Lexmark, the Supreme Court ju… --- ## [Just poking fun at Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/just-poking-fun-at-michel/1099)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/just-poking-fun-at-michel/1099 "2017-06-01T13:58:57Z")
https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/type-1-diabetes-diagnosis-antibody-tests-and-c-peptide/ It was a little bit funny to me to see that the longest post in the history of FUD, Michel started with the words: :grinning: --- ## [Insurance and the price of drugs](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insurance-and-the-price-of-drugs/1097)
**Author:** [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/insurance-and-the-price-of-drugs/1097 "2017-05-31T18:26:15Z")
@TiaG That is a frightening prospect. The government has no business " negotiating" the price of anything they don’t pay for, and the last time I checked, we don’t have a government run single payer system (thank the L… --- ## [Online Canadian Pharmacy: DiscountRxMart.com](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/online-canadian-pharmacy-discountrxmart-com/1103)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/online-canadian-pharmacy-discountrxmart-com/1103 "2017-05-31T03:59:31Z")
Their URL: http://www.discountrxmart.com/pricelist.php?search=insulin No Basaglar Lantus pens 5x -\> $178 per 5 3x Lantus pens 5x -\> $160 per 5 1x Lantus vial -\>$130 3x Lantus vial -\>$110 Novolog \[Novorapid\] vial… --- ## [Foreign drug vendors: please list and review in this category](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/foreign-drug-vendors-please-list-and-review-in-this-category/1098)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/foreign-drug-vendors-please-list-and-review-in-this-category/1098 "2017-05-30T21:41:20Z")
With today's Supreme Court decision legalizing the purchase of FDA-approved drugs from foreign countries, the quality and reliability of foreign drug vendors are becoming important. Please list in this category the for… --- ## [Darn flood -- and no time for forum :(](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/darn-flood-and-no-time-for-forum/1086)
**Author:** [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/darn-flood-and-no-time-for-forum/1086 "2017-05-29T23:35:45Z")
Man that sucks… this was an event in your whole area or just in your house ? --- ## [“I wasn’t going to let diabetes get in the way of my life’s dream”](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-wasn-t-going-to-let-diabetes-get-in-the-way-of-my-life-s-dream/1089)
**Author:** [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/i-wasn-t-going-to-let-diabetes-get-in-the-way-of-my-life-s-dream/1089 "2017-05-29T19:52:03Z")
First Indy 500 Driver with Diabetes Talks About Racing, Life with His Disease. UNLIMITED! \[image\] --- ## [Getting Down and Dirty: admit it here](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/getting-down-and-dirty-admit-it-here/1069)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/getting-down-and-dirty-admit-it-here/1069 "2017-05-29T16:16:44Z")
just thought i would open up a thread about some of the things we have done that we've been told not to do. i must admit that i have given myself an injection through my jeans while taking NYC public transportation , in… --- ## [Woo-hoo!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/woo-hoo/1084)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/woo-hoo/1084 "2017-05-28T21:53:47Z")
I guess I'm outta here! Good luck to everyone. On the internet, must be true: http://www.hefty.co/drinking-more-beer \[image\] \[image\] --- ## [When insulin makers change prices together, is that collusion?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/when-insulin-makers-change-prices-together-is-that-collusion/1057)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/when-insulin-makers-change-prices-together-is-that-collusion/1057 "2017-05-28T00:48:11Z")
Insulin prices have something remarkable in common across all manufacturers: they almost always change together. Is that collusion? This article, again from Business Insider, discusses the how and the why: Hard to bel… --- ## ["It does not have to be that way:" Shane Boyle, in memoriam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/it-does-not-have-to-be-that-way-shane-boyle-in-memoriam/1059)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/it-does-not-have-to-be-that-way-shane-boyle-in-memoriam/1059 "2017-05-27T05:04:16Z")
--- ## [Great diabetes comics!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/great-diabetes-comics/1066)
**Author:** [@Kaelan](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Kaelan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/great-diabetes-comics/1066 "2017-05-27T04:18:05Z")
Her name is Haidee Soule Merritt. Here is the one I like best: courtesy Haidee Soule Merritt That’s how I feel sometimes. And sometimes not. Here is her book, it is really great: --- ## [The rising price of insulin: a shocking historical record](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-rising-price-of-insulin-a-shocking-historical-record/1055)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-rising-price-of-insulin-a-shocking-historical-record/1055 "2017-05-27T01:29:14Z")
Business Insider has done a truly great job at covering health cost issues lately. They have published many articles on insulin, several of which have carried a historical record of insulin prices. The curve is truly sho… --- ## [The games some drugmakers play](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-games-some-drugmakers-play/1056)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-games-some-drugmakers-play/1056 "2017-05-26T04:51:41Z")
We often talk about how the price of some drugs increases every year to unsustainable levels. In some cases, what starts the price spiral is a gaming strategy: Have a look at what happens to this drug price and when: … --- ## [RIP Shane Boyle DKA -- could not afford insulin](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985 "2017-05-25T20:11:23Z")
I am just horrified to read this story “Because he moved, Shane lost his Rx benefits, was between doctors and needed insulin for his type 1 diabetes. Shane was waiting for his ACA status to be approved and was stretc… --- ## ["The myth of sky-high drug prices"](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-myth-of-sky-high-drug-prices/1050)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-myth-of-sky-high-drug-prices/1050 "2017-05-25T20:16:18Z")
It is the title of an article in TheHill.com: The author is a "professor" at University of Maryland, who spent, I think, 13 years as a director at AstraZeneca and Sanofi. He is able to push many of my buttons - a go… --- ## [The Four Research Pathways to a Practical Cure for Type 1 Diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-four-research-pathways-to-a-practical-cure-for-type-1-diabetes/1018)
**Author:** [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-four-research-pathways-to-a-practical-cure-for-type-1-diabetes/1018 "2017-05-23T19:13:27Z")
http://mailchi.mp/thejdca/research-pathways-to-a-practical-cure-for-t1d-vut38bf3gz?e=\[UNIQID\] --- ## [Eli Lilly raises prices for Humalog](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/eli-lilly-raises-prices-for-humalog/880)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/eli-lilly-raises-prices-for-humalog/880 "2017-05-23T18:46:23Z")
They're not even paying lip service to "controlling drug prices" like Novo Nordisk and Sanofi. --- ## [$25 Amazon gift card to the first person](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953)
**Author:** [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/25-amazon-gift-card-to-the-first-person/953 "2017-05-23T01:25:19Z")
I am posting this in the Share category so I don't give away the answer with a category. I'll give a $25 Amazon gift card to the first person who can tell me why I am posting this. There are a few key words I am lookin… --- ## [Fear of Foods & BG Control](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fear-of-foods-bg-control/990)
**Author:** [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/fear-of-foods-bg-control/990 "2017-05-21T21:34:23Z")
for so long, i have wondered if i am alone in this predicament; so, i thought i would start a thread and ask if anyone understands what i feel, what they have done about it, and how they have achieved their success. i … --- ## [OTC Insulin: terrible NPR article](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/otc-insulin-terrible-npr-article/994)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/otc-insulin-terrible-npr-article/994 "2017-05-21T19:01:51Z")
This whole article makes me squirm. But one section drives me particularly angry: the story of why Indiana stopped OTC sales of older insulin (the whole article is a hatchet job on patient rights): "One state does re… --- ## [The feeling inside a well-controlled child with diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-feeling-inside-a-well-controlled-child-with-diabetes/975)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/the-feeling-inside-a-well-controlled-child-with-diabetes/975 "2017-05-19T20:57:33Z")
I still have days when having diabetes makes me angry and sad and days where I’m just enormously tired of this never ending disease. But 25 years on, I’m no longer in denial and I’ve accepted who I am. It’s even possi… --- ## [Apple road-testing noninvasive glucose meter](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/apple-road-testing-noninvasive-glucose-meter/969)
**Author:** [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/apple-road-testing-noninvasive-glucose-meter/969 "2017-05-18T23:28:37Z")
Check this out -- the rumors are true! --- ## [Yet another hare-brained way to prevent diabetes, courtesy of the always classy Daily Mail](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/yet-another-hare-brained-way-to-prevent-diabetes-courtesy-of-the-always-classy-daily-mail/940)
**Author:** [@TiaG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TiaG)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/yet-another-hare-brained-way-to-prevent-diabetes-courtesy-of-the-always-classy-daily-mail/940 "2017-05-15T22:11:16Z")
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