The above reason is why I haven’t been writing in my blog. My life ground to a halt when I had to start trialing new insulins and a tablet!
I just feel so angry that Novo Nordisk are just so greedy – that is the only reason that they have put 90,000 peoples lives through hell fire and brimstone. Most of the people are elderly and find analogue insulins much much to vicious and they end up ill and emotional. I’ve actually had to be taken off eveything because I became ill on the new insulins and the tablet.
I thought I was going to die! But I didn’t and have discovered that I’m not type 1 as I thought but type 2 – apparently the older you get the less insulin you produce and that’s what I thought had happened to me, but I’m still producing!!
How can our Government just roll over and not put up a fight?
Of course our Health Minister just rolled over and okayed the whole deal with Novo Nordisk – what does he know about Diabetes, the elderly and insulin.
My Diabetic Consultant is now refuing to put any more of his patients on the Novo Nordisk product – maybe a few more consultants should do this to bring about change for the elderly – as one size does NOT fit all. We all have different needs as well as our digestion slowing down as we get older – but hey what do Novo Nordisc care. They are not here for the patients only for the investors – more money made more dividends for them.
They absolutely do NOT care about you or I in anyway shape of form.
I’ve written to the CEO’President Lars Rebien Sorensen at Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Alle, 2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark - I haven’t heard back from them yet, but I suggest that anyone reading this post does write to him and maybe just maybe they may change their mind and stop the withdrawel of a brillaint insulin for the elderly.
For me I have to wait until the new year to try out a new insulin but I will now only go with Sanofi Aventis because they have commited themsleves to the old style insulins and will not be taking them off the market for the foreseeable future, unlike Lilly and Novo Nordisk.
Please let me now what you all think about this.
