Insulin

Patients with diabetes will be able to save money when ordering insulin and commonly prescribed products, such as continuous glucose monitors and pumps.

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Analysis of national health data found that 16.5% of all adult insulin users skipped doses in the past year.

Treatment with intranasal insulin improved executive function and verbal memory, as well as other measures, in participants with and without type 2 diabetes.

t:slim X2 insulin pump users can now program or cancel bolus dosing with the secure t:connect mobile app already on their phones, says Tandem Diabetes Care.

The novel prandial insulin formulation from Eli Lilly is now approved for administration via continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion with an insulin pump.

COVID-19 patients with hyperglycemia on hospital admission, with and without diabetes, had increased odds of intubation, ICU admission, and mortality, according to research presented at ENDO 2021.

ENDO 2021: An investigational once-weekly insulin formulation was found as effective as daily basal insulin injection for glucose control with lower rates of hypoglycemia and less weight gain.

Insulin affordability is an ongoing discussion topic for patients with diabetes and their care providers. The already difficult issue has been further compounded by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Three patients with type 2 diabetes in different stages of life and disease all require insulin management for A1c control.