Insulin Therapy Center

  The t:flex Pump is designed for patients who require more than 100 units of U-100 insulin per day, such as teenagers with type 1 diabetes and many people with type 2 diabetes. The pump offers the benefits of pump therapy without the frequent reservoir changes required by 200- and …

According to a new study, about 1/3 of people with type 1 diabetes produce insulin, as measured by C-peptide, even upward of 40 years from initial diagnosis… The findings shed new light on the long-accepted belief that patients with type 1 diabetes lose all ability to produce any insulin. The …

Elevated fasting insulin levels in children aged 3 to 6 years may help predict which children will develop type 2 diabetes as adults… Although researchers did not find the same association for older children and adolescents, they did find an association between body mass index (BMI) in peripubertal years and …

  Animas, a division of Johnson & Johnson, has finally won FDA approval for its Vibe insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring system. The pump is the first to pair with Dexcom’s G4 PLATINUM continuous glucose monitor that samples interstitial fluid every five minutes and provides a trending chart of …

Ricardo, a 35-year-old man newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, was hospitalized for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Once he was stabilized, he wanted to go home. He refused to learn how to self-administer insulin. However, he was told he would not be discharged until he self-administered insulin, at least one time. I …

About 11,000 patients using both insulin and sulfonylurea were evaluated… Ulrik M. Mogensen, MD, of the department of cardiology at University Hospital Rigshospitalet in Denmark, and colleagues evaluated patients receiving sulfonylurea with insulin and 16,910 patients receiving metformin with insulin to determine the differences in outcomes of treatment combinations. Outcome …

Improved glycemic control can reduce A1c, medical costs and complications… According to a new study, early introduction of insulin could save money, help more patients reach A1c goals and decrease diabetes-related complications and mortality. Currently, insulin therapy for persons with type 2 diabetes is traditionally added to an anti-hyperglycemic regimen …

Increased risk seen in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients treated with insulin. Insulin-treated patients with diabetes who experience hypoglycemia are also more likely to experience cardiovascular events and die from any cause, according to the current research. The link between hypoglycemia and CV outcomes and death remains …

Recently, a patient of mine called about her post-meal glucose levels which were increasing.

An 83-year-old woman who lived alone and was very active in her community was having wide swings in her glucose levels. She reported sometimes waking up hours after dinner with her head in her dinner plate. She did not understand why. She did not have family or caretakers nearby to …