This handbook provides physicians, clinicians, and educators with the indispensible, reliable information they need to successfully initiate and maintain insulin therapy in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Now in its sixth edition, Practical Insulin has been revised and updated to reflect the latest American Diabetes Association Standards of Care in Diabetes.
Inside, you’ll find information about currently available insulin products, delivery methods, injection regimens, dose calculations, and more. With this guide, you can make improved glycemic control an achievable reality for the people with diabetes in your care.
General Approaches and Recommendations for Insulin Use in People with Diabetes Available to Purchase
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Published:2023
"General Approaches and Recommendations for Insulin Use in People with Diabetes", Practical Insulin: A Handbook for Prescribing Providers
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Among all available glucose-lowering strategies, intensive (basal/bolus) insulin therapy has the greatest absolute potential for lowering A1C. The degree to which glycemia can be reduced with intensive insulin therapy is limited only by hypoglycemia. Unlike many other glucose-lowering medications that target either fasting plasma glucose or postprandial glucose, insulin can be used to target fasting glucose, postprandial glucose, or both, depending on the needs of the individual. Given the risks of hypoglycemia and weight gain, however, the risks and benefits of insulin treatment must be considered against those of other treatment approaches in people with T2D.
The following sections provide a general discussion of approaches to insulin use in people with T1D and T2D. While this information may be helpful in understanding generally recommended approaches to insulin use in these populations, the information provided is by no means the only approach to successfully initiating and titrating insulin in people with diabetes.
