Premixed Insulin
Premixed Insulin
Farhad Hosseinpanah,M.D
Obesity Research Center
Research Institute for Endocrine sciences
Shahid Beheshti University
of Medical Sciences
June 23 , 2011
Tehran
Outline
- Introduction
- Different regimen for insulin initiation
- Premix vs. basal insulin
- Conclusion
Progressive beta cell damage
- Type 2 diabetes is a progressive disease
- At the time of diagnosis, patients with type 2 diabetes have an estimated loss of about 50% of their insulin-producing
- In the UK Prospective Diabetes Study, 9 years after diagnosis almost 80%of patients on oral agents required insulin supplementation
