Diabetic kids can mix insulins
May 30, 2006 by admin
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Researchers from the University of Colorado in Denver report that children with type 1 diabetes who require multiple daily injections can safely mix rapid-acting and long-acting insulin analogs in the same syringe, according to findings published in the Journal of Pediatrics.
Dr. Rosanna Fiallo-Schare says that the ability to inject rapid-acting insulin analogues like Apidra and NovoRapid and long-acting insulin glargine such as Lantus in the same syringe may make it possible to decrease the number of required injections and increase the use of insulin glargine.
“The findings are especially encouraging to those patients who wish to minimize the number of total daily injections because of needle fear, forgetting injections, or other injection-related issues,” the researchers write.
(via Reuters)
