Toujeo or not to jeo?

Yes folks we have a new insulin and the best best news is that it is priced affordable – R590 SEP for a long acting insulin that almost guarantees NO hypos!!!

What great great news !!!

I can barely contain my excitement as I scribble out scripts for gazillions of patients for whom this means a huge leap up in quality of life living with type 1 diabetes or diabetes that requires insulin injection.

What is it? Toujeo – or insulin glargine U300 – lots to figure out. In a nutshell it is the same as lantus/optisulin BUT squashed smaller. What does that mean?

Science is “fucking” wonderful – sorry I had to – I LOVE !!! science. When you make a molecule smaller you decrease the surface area and thus slow the absorption rate right down. So now you have a more concentrated molecule (U300 vs U100) that is “dissolving” or releasing much more slowly and predictably and yes you guessed it all you insulin boffins out there – no stacking of insulin, which means no HYPOS !!