Injecting yourself with dog insulin? Just a normal day in America

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Interesting. I'm diabetic and get my insulin from the VA for...

a small copay, so I'm insulated from the price hikes. For now, anyway.

But the idea of using pet meds is intriguing. Years ago I had some dealings with Schering-Plough's veterinary unit, so when I had a chance I asked on of the bigshots why cat meds tasted so horrible. He answered simply that they were made on pretty much parallel lines as the human meds. and it would cost too much to change the formula. The difference was that they went through a much less rigorous regulatory process, but were essentially the same as the human stuff.

Dunno who makes the stuff at Walmart, and have my doubts about just how pure it is, but insulin is life or death, and if there was no other way, I'd go for it.

Helluva way to live, innit?