Word: insulin
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...Your Drug Was Discontinued Eli Lilly was the last U.S. manufacturer of animal insulin, which is extracted from the pancreatic tissue of cows and pigs and has been used by diabetics for more than a half-century...
...diabetes for a dangerously long time, for example, and even after she started going to the clinic, she refused to take her medication. Only after spending a few weeks with Brickell did Ocasio open up enough to say that back in Santo Domingo, her friends had told her that insulin caused blindness and led people to have their limbs amputated. After Brickell heard that, she was able to convince Ocasio that those were symptoms of the disease, not the insulin. For the first time in her life, Ocasio has been taking her insulin regularly, and she's feeling much better...
...Insulin Advice...
IDDT says patients with insulin-dependent diabetes should have a choice of therapies, and I agree. If the animal hormone disappears from the market, someone ought to make it available or cover expenses for patients forced to get it overseas...
This is a story about insulin. But it raises larger questions about how much oversight the U.S. government has over pharmaceutical companies and what kind of safety net it can provide when any of us fall through the cracks...