Question that came up while taking to my husband (a nurse) about my dwindling supply of Novolog and syringes (which I use along with the Afrezza). We’re still in process of getting Afrezza approved (and a Dexcom…). Currently, I just have my old prescription from during pregnancy for the Novolog - my doc hasn’t prescribed anything but the Afrezza. My husband thinks that, because insurance denied coverage for Afrezza because there are other options, if my doctor was to prescribe more Novolog/syringes for me, I might as well give up on getting the Afrezza covered, because why would insurance want to cover it if I’m obviously using Novolog. Thoughts? Input from those using both?
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It hasn’t been an issue for me or anyone else I’ve heard from. The struggle to get afrezza approved is a seperate issue from whatever they’re willing to approve automatically and I’ve never heard of one affecting the other. Virtually everyone I know on afrezza maintains an ongoing novolog / humalog or apidra rx
Are you actually using novolog with syringes? I’d switch to flex pens syringes are ridiculous…
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Get the Novolog prescription, needing two kinds of insulin isn’t unusual.
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LOL yes! It’s a newbie thing - started out with vial and syringes, someone kindly gave me a couple pens when my last vial broke, but I was/am still doing such low doses of N, I preferred the “reassurance” of seeing the amount in the syringe rather than trusting the pen to give me 1u at a time. 
Definitely going with the pen as it’s meant to be used next…
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Good to know!
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While I was on MDI, I had three recurring RX’s for insulin, all covered by insurance: long acting, short acting and Afrezza. Now that I pump, I still have two: short acting and Afrezza!
Having a short acting RX shouldn’t impact getting Afrezza covered. I hope you get your insurance company on the bus 
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