The Diabetes Treatment Trap: Hypoglycemia

[...] complications may even be life-threatening and resistant to initial therapy. [...] physicians who prescribe potent diabetes medications such as insulin must be able to identify the causes of such adverse reactions and arrest such complications before they progress. [...] patients with type 1 d...

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Published inClinical diabetes Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 36 - 39
Main Author Fowler, Michael J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Alexandria American Diabetes Association 01.01.2011
Subjects
Autoimmune diseases
Care and treatment
Complications and side effects
Diabetes
Diagnosis
Dosage and administration
Drug therapy
Growth hormones
Hypoglycemia
Insulin
Mortality
Physicians
United States
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Summary:[...] complications may even be life-threatening and resistant to initial therapy. [...] physicians who prescribe potent diabetes medications such as insulin must be able to identify the causes of such adverse reactions and arrest such complications before they progress. [...] patients with type 1 diabetes are absolutely insulin deficient and tend to be more insulin sensitive than patients with type 2 diabetes, so there may be less room for error in insulin dosing for those with type 1 diabetes.\n2 Continuous glucose monitors, which are now commercially available, may also help to limit glucose excursions.9 However, they have not yet been definitively shown to decrease risk of severe hypoglycemia.
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ISSN:0891-8929
1945-4953
DOI:10.2337/diaclin.29.1.36