Editor’s Note, DCMS #230

We often take insulin for granted and reach in the fridge to start a patient on this drug without a lot of hesitation. But have you ever considered what it takes to make insulin, or how subtle differences in production can have big consequences? This week, we start a new Homerun Slides series with Dr. Guillermo Umpierrez, Professor, Emory University School of Medicine, who brings us information on how insulin first came about, where it is now, and where it is going.

If you do look at the slides then you will also want to check out our Clinical Text on how the use of insulin pumps can give your patients more independence and freedom, and in our Disaster Averted, you’ll see how a patient using insulin often needs a refresher.

Be sure to watch my 13 second video on how to use the new FlexTouch pens so your patients don’t call you to say they are not working.