Under state statute or regulation insulins are dispensed either as legend drugs or as permitted for non prescription drugs.
Over the counter insulin pills.
How each jurisdiction regulates insulin sales is a matter of its drug safety insurance policies and tax laws.
One made by eli lilly and the other by novo nordisk.
The term over the counter for non prescription insulin is not accurate.
To say that the insulin is sold over the counter isn t quite accurate however as customers must ask a pharmacist for it.
Although this revelation might be important.
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We receive many questions about over the counter insulin so we decided to ask certified diabetes educator jennifer smith of integrated diabetes services ids about it.
Data sources include ibm watson micromedex updated 2 sep 2020 cerner multum updated 1 sep 2020 wolters kluwer updated.
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There are two types of human insulin available over the counter.