More than 1/3 of diabetics breaches its insulin treatment

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More than a third of diabetics breaches their insulin treatment

A survey reveals that these patients recognize a dose of therapy up to three times a month.

More than a third of people with diabetes breaches the treatment with insulin prescribed by their doctor or, at least, some dose is skipped, according to the results of the global attitudes survey of patients and doctors with insulin therapy (GAPP), carried out by Novo Nordisk, presented at the Congress of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), which is celebrated these days in Stockholm, Sweden.

Patients who do not comply with their treatment also recognize that these forgetfulness usually occur at least three times a month, although professionals believe that the figure could reach six monthly doses.

The study participated about 3,000 people from eight countries, including Spain, and the results also demonstrate that 88% of doctors believe that there is a very significant number of patients who do not reach optimal blood glucose figures.

In fact, they ensure that 40% of diabetes patients have "serious difficulties" to control their blood glucose levels, in line figures with the results obtained in previous research, which already demonstrated that only half of those affected byThis disease has an optimal state of health and life.

Difficult treatment to follow
According to the director associated at the Diabetes Research Institute of the University of Miami, United States, Luigi Meneghini, "it seems that today's lifestyle and the difficulty in adequately fulfilling treatment are determining factors in low controlof the glycemic level ".

In fact, both patients and doctors recognize that changes in daily routine, stress or a simple oblivion are the main reasons that explain this high degree of therapeutic breach.In this sense, more than half of the specialists agree that their patients have difficulties in the management of injections due to the strict treatments.

On the other hand, the survey has also shown that nine out of ten patients (90%) would like to have an insulin that could be administered less frequently than the current one, which is used once a day.

In addition, 67% of them believe that the disease controls their lives since they started treatment.As for specialists, research indicates that a third of them is unsatisfied with the possibility of adapting patient lifestyle treatments.

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09/23/2010 6:19 p.m.
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We commented on another thread ... forgetfulness, you mislead ...

What I do not agree with is what to puncture less ... for me and I think that for everyone the worst is to become glycemias and decide how much insulin ... the puncture itself does not matter to me ... I would prefer not to do it, but before that there are several issues that matter much more.

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09/23/2010 6:21 p.m.
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We commented on another thread ... forgetfulness, misleading ...

What I do not agree with is what to puncture less ... for me and I think that for everyone the worst is to become glycemias and decide how much insulin ... the puncture itself does not matter to me ... I would prefer not to do it, but before that there are several issues that matter much more.

Well, I believe that one of the greatest wishes of a type I diabetic is not to prick (but as that knows that it is impossible), because to click less.An insulin that will only force you to click once a day or week.That is a classic among the desires of diabetics.Although of course, the difficulty of many to establish how much and "hit" (among which I include myself) is one of the greatest headaches, but I think it is something that we have assumed that it cannot be improved.On the other hand, we see more feasible the appearance of super long insulins and also of continuous measurement devices, so one of our maximum yearnings will always remain to not prick.

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10/01/2010 4:35 a.m.

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I hope the day arrives is that we do not have to prick (I do not care about glycemiae - although a continuous meter in watch plan or tattoo would be incredible - but living without the punctures would be even more .....)

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10/01/2010 7:13 a.m.
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I do not care, but let's see if they already get the artificial pancreas at least !!

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I do not care anything to click, what I hate is to make glycemia, skewer, blood in reactive strip, a few seconds and I think how much I will have, beep, and the number appears .... it is what tires me the most.They could already take a sensor watch that measure glycemia ... and that was not expensive ...

By the way I never forget to click on ... It's like washing my teeth, also when I go out to eat, I take the brush and wash them ... ummmm ....

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