Insulin Therapy Center

The patient, a woman, 52 years of age, has type 2 diabetes and is on metformin, a GLP-1 agonist, and a long-acting insulin. Over the past few months, I’ve received calls and emails from her every now and then to let me know her glucose levels were rising, but whenever …

  A list from the U.K. of the newest insulins available overseas and in the U.S. What’s New In Insulin Products (PDF) 

A married male patient, 68 years of age, has been prescribed long-acting insulin twice a day because once-daily does not work 24 hours for him, and his dose is large. Therefore breaking it into two smaller injections helps bring down his glucose, but only when he remembers to take his …

  The FDA has approved the t:flex insulin pump for marketing. The pump, manufactured by Tandem Diabetes Care, can store the largest amount of insulin (480 units) of any pump available in the U.S. Designed for people who require more than 80 units of U-100 insulin per day, the t:flex …

A man with type 1 diabetes started an exercise program to help him manage his early morning highs. He exercised every evening, at which time his glucose levels would drop during and after exercise. Thinking that exercise would lower his early morning highs, he did not take his insulin before …

In the Pre-POINT pilot study, five of six children who were at extremely high risk of developing type 1 diabetes and who received a high dose of oral insulin had a protective immune response, and the insulin did not cause hypoglycemia… Children at risk for type 1 diabetes, who were …

With this week’s Homerun Slides, we discuss several medication therapies and their effects on insulin resistance including bromocriptine, a "new" drug that has actually been around a long time….

A woman, 59 years of age, was diagnosed with diabetes while in the hospital. She was discharged on basal bolus insulin. The diabetes educator (CDE) was contacted to teach insulin administration via insulin pens upon discharge. The patient was taught, and performed return demonstration correctly. She was sent home with …

Two-year study finds markedly increased C-reactive protein compared to those living in lower traffic areas… Individuals taking oral diabetes medications did not experience increases in CRP concentration. The study builds on the research team’s previous work suggesting that oral diabetes medications may provide a protective effect against inflammation for people …

Study finds type 2 risk in nondiabetic patients decreased… Moderate alcohol consumption can reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes as compared to heavy drinking, and the risk reduction differs between men and women. In a previous study, alcohol consumption of 24 g alcohol/day reduces type 2 diabetes risk by …