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141 days ago
June 2009: The FDA has is warning customers that a stolen shipment of Levemir may be circulating for sale. A total of 129,000 vials are affect. The lot numbers are XZF0036, XZF0037, and XZF0038. If you have Levemir with any of these lot numbers on the box or the vial, the FDA is advising that you do not use it. The issue is that the insulin may not have been properly stored and handled and they have already received an adverse report from a patient. Contactthe Novo Nordisk Customer Care Center at 800-727-6500 for more information.
214 days ago
The Hgb A1c Blood Test is more than a 3 month average blood sugar. It tells your risk for getting complicatons. A 1 drop in A1c could reduce your risk by 37 or more! Find out more..
226 days ago
Smith's medical has discontinued the sales and manufacturing of their popular Deltec Cozmo insuln pump as of March 25, 2009. If you are currently a user of this pump, read here to see how this affects you.
226 days ago
Types of insulin pump - including those with glucose meters built in - and links to insulin pump distributors/manufacturers are listed on this page.
286 days ago
Insulin pumpers have more things to consider when analyzing what has caused their episodes of hypoglycemia. You'll find two useful lists here. One for general causes of lows with diabetes and the other specifically for unique insulin pump causes. Both are worth reviewing as pumpers sometimes get so analytical with their handy dandy machine, they forget to consider other aspects of the pump, and of diabetes.
