Unnecessary insulin treatment for diabetes.

News About the Treatment of Diabetes with Insulin

One of the most important advances in imsulin therapy has been the commercial production of highly purified single peak and single component insulin. The routine use of these pre9ara -tions have reduced insulin allergy and abolished insulin lipo­atrophy.  The subject of low dose insulin infusion in diabetic keto - acidosis in still controversial,but is based on sound theoreti - cal and experim...

A misplaced medal? 50 years of unnecessary insulin treatment.

Early Insulin Treatment in Type 2 Diabetes

T he prevalence of diabetes in the world is growing at an unprecedented rate and rapidly becoming a health concern and burden in both developed and developing countries (1). In addition, we are now witnessing an upsurge in the incidence of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents, with the potential of translating into a future catastrophic disease burden as vascular complications of the dis...

Diabetes and Insulin Treatment in Bengal

Demonstrator of Physiology, Medical College, Calcutta. Insulin treatment in diabetes has now become common practice, but in Bengal, so far as my experience goes from both hospital and private cases, not much benefit has accrued from it. This is not only my experience, but it is the experience of many other general practitioners in Calcutta. In Europe, on the other hand, insulin is being extolle...

Insulin treatment and type 1 diabetes topics.

Insulin treatment Basal insulin. Malcolm Nattrass (Birmingham, U.K.) discussed basal insulin analogs, noting that the ideal approach will lead to “a flat profile that is reproducible.” The development of basal insulin began with protamine zinc insulin in 1936, followed by NPH insulin in 1946 and zinc insulins lente, semilente, and ultralente in 1951. All of these preparations have high variabil...