Everyone may send general questions about diabetes. We are only allowed to provide feedback about specific clinical cases for our own patients. Our patients should not use this site to send questions regarding clinical situations that seem to be urgent or emergencies. Instead, we ask our patients to call our office for such situations and tell the receptionist that the call is for an urgent problem or an emergency. Hot News in Diabetes New Insulins Make Headway Toward Release.
Current information suggests that some of the coming insulins are closer to being released.
These new insulins will expand the many therapeutic choices for insulin coverage. More and more patients are considering intense insulin therapy using high-tech devices, as insulin pumps. There are a lot of enthusiasts for treatments with pumps. The question is whether an insulin pump is the right choice for each patient who considers it. An insulin pump is a device, a little bigger than a pack of playing cards, which contains an insulin syringe set in a cradle with a piston.