[ender341341]

As someone with little actual knowledge of different insulin, I've been told that the cheaper one that Walmart sells is significantly harder to manager and you tend to end up going through lots of spikes & dips with it, which while enough to still live for some is pretty debilitating.

Hopefully California is planning on doing a different style of insulin that better manages that?

[thesausageking]

That's incorrect. For a long time, Walmart has sold an older, human insulin. This is a relatively new product which is an analog insulin. It's the same NovoLog that's widely prescribed just with the ReliOn brand stuck on it.

[ProjectInsulin]

Unfortunately, this is true, and a lot of people struggle to manage their diabetes after switching to the Walmart brand. The stories I have heard generally occur to young adults who have to transition out of their parents' insurance plans.

https://theconversation.com/why-telling-people-with-diabetes...

[thesausageking]

This article is from 2019 and is out of date. It's saying that Walmart only sells human insulin which isn't true any more. ReliOn NovoLog is a modern, analog insulin and is exactly the same as "regular" NovoLog:

https://www.walmart.com/cp/relion-diabetic-care/3769564