Half unit insulin pen: an effective yet underutilized insulin delivery option

Art Therapy: An Underutilized, yet Effective Tool

Art therapy has been recognized as beneficial and effective since first described by Adrian Hill in 1942. Even before this time, art therapy was utilized for moral reinforcement and psychoanalysis. Art therapy aids patients with, but not limited to, chronic illness, physical challenges, and cancer in both pediatric and adult scenarios. Although effective in patient care, the practice of art the...

Half-unit dose accuracy with HumaPen Luxura HD: an insulin pen for patients who need precise dosing.

BACKGROUND The HumaPen Luxura HD insulin pen (Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN) was originally designed to deliver accurate doses in half-unit increments from 1 to 30 units. Laboratory testing examined the accuracy of the initial 0.5-unit dose within a 95/95% tolerance interval with respect to a specification of +/-0.5 unit (+/-0.005 ml). METHODS After priming, operators recorded the f...

Evaluation of an Ultrasonic Insulin Delivery System in Hyperglycemic Rabbits

Introduction: Sonophoresis has been assessed as a novel approach to create skin permeability and drug delivery using low frequencies of ultrasound waves in the range of 20 kHz to 3 MHz. In this study, a system including seven 40 kHz piezoelectric transducers and an insulin chamber designed by the Medical Physics Research Center has been evaluated on hyperglycemic rabbits. Materials and Methods:...

Insulin as an Effective Drug in Scorpion Venom Poisoning

Improved Disposable Insulin Pen Devices Provide an Alternative to Vials and Syringes for Insulin Administration

The prevalence of diabetes has increased so rapidly during the past 30 years that the condition is now a problem of national importance in the United States. It has been estimated that 12.3% of individuals aged 20–79 years in the United States (26.8 million people) have diabetes, and the vast majority of those have type 2 diabetes.1 Diabetes has devastating effects on patient morbidity and mort...