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Levemir Prescription Assistance Program
Diabetes can get expensive. The cost of insulin, needles, and blood glucose monitors can seriously hurt your wallet and can make life more difficult than it has to be. This is where The Rx Helper steps in. We help facilitate and expedite the process of applying to prescription assistance programs, programs which help uninsured and […]
Lantus Prescription Assistance
Diabetes 101 Whether you have type I or type II diabetes, there is an underlying inability of the body to uptake sugar into the cells. This can result either from type I diabetes, which is autoimmune in nature, or type II diabetes, which involves insulin resistance. Insulin is produced in the body’s pancreas and is […]
The Cost of Lantus Insulin
Imagine that you have the common cold every month. Now imagine a bottle of cough syrup costing anywhere between $270 to $400. This is the reality that uninsured diabetics face when it comes to purchasing insulin. The cost of medication without insurance can add up very quickly: syringes, blood glucose testing equipment and the cost of the […]
Effects of Gestational Diabetes on Infants
Gestational diabetes is one of the types of diabetes that women suffer from during pregnancy, it is said to be one of the most common health issues in pregnant women all around the world and some might not take it too seriously given the fact that this condition disappears shortly after childbirth. However, this might […]
Effectively Avoiding Diabetic Complications
Did you know that there are approximately 415 million adults suffering from diabetes? And by 2040, this number is expected to rise to a staggering 642 million? Diabetes is a complicated disease. People who do not take this ailment seriously are often found suffering from major, and sometimes life threatening health complications like stroke, high […]
What Causes Type 1 Diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes is commonly diagnosed in adults and little children. In this disease, the body loses the ability to produce insulin and is incapable of absorbing glucose in the cells for energy. Researchers and scientists still have not discovered an exact cause for type 1 diabetes but following are the causes which lead up […]