Insulin Therapy Center

Rising insulin costs have created limiting barriers in diabetic therapy plans. A recent study provides data on which insulin types may be the most cost-effective.

A new form of insulin working in response to glucose levels.

The U.S. Pharmacopeia Medication Errors Reporting Program states that approximately 50 percent of all medication errors involve insulin. As the incidence of diabetes increases, insulin use can reasonably be expected to increase, and the mistakes will no doubt increase as well. Insulin is a very powerful medication, and some of these mistakes will require the ambulance, the hospital, or worse.

Data from Randomized Clinical Trial on treating corticosteroid-induced hyperglycemia with the use of NPH insulin protocol therapy.

Combination dual therapy reduces mortality by 50%.

When using monitored glucose values to alter treatment plans, patients with type 1 diabetes may need to change their monitoring regimen. 

My colleague and I were working with a client new to insulin. We each saw him separately. He was taking Lantus and Humalog by syringe at meals. He had been taught how to use the syringe by his physician's office staff. He was claiming much different numbers than expected for his mealtime doses.

Diabetes in Control recently asked our readers to help us examine the future of insulin delivery. See for yourself how your fellow members of the diabetes community plan on using insulin pumps and/or smart pens, now and in the future.

Younger patients with type 1 diabetes may require extra monitoring to avoid adverse glycemic events

Concentrated insulins are no longer just for patients who have obesity or insulin resistance.