Ask the Experts: Insulin Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes

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Expert Panel

George Y. Chao, MD, Medical Director, Diabetes Program, Memorial Hospital, Modesto, California; Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, Modesto, California

Jay Huber, DO, Assistant Program Director, University of North Dakota Center for Family Medicine, Bismarck, North Dakota

Teresa L. Pearson, MS, RN, CDE, Director, Diabetes Care, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

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• How Often Should Patients Be Self-monitoring Their Blood Glucose? Are you telling your patients to self-monitor their blood glucose often enough?
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• Motivating Patients to Perform Self-monitoring of Their Blood Glucose What tips and techniques do the experts have for motivating patients to perform self-monitoring of their blood glucose?
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• Use of Early Intensive Insulin Therapy in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes What do the experts think about the use of early intensive insulin therapy for patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes?
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• Insulin Pumps and Young Children Can insulin pumps really be used successfully in very young children?
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• Insulin and Visually Impaired Patients How can diabetes educators help visually impaired diabetes patients manage insulin injections?
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• Insulin: A Last Resort? Why is insulin often seen as a last resort?
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• Metabolic Consequences of Insulin-Related Weight Gain What are the metabolic consequences of the weight gain associated with insulin therapy for type 2 diabetes?
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• Family, Friends, and Initiating Insulin Can the support of family and friends help ease the transition to insulin therapy?
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• Exercise, Insulin, and Type 2 Diabetes How can people with type 2 diabetes who are on an insulin regimen avoid problems during exercise?
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• Insulin Therapy and Weight Gain Why do diabetes patients using insulin gain weight?
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• Initial Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes in a Symptomatic Patient Should insulin be the first option?
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• Adding a Third Oral Agent If a patient isn't achieving glycemic control on 2 oral agents, should a third oral agent be considered?
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• Fear of Needles Introducing the topic early can ease the transition to insulin therapy, even when the patient expresses a fear of needles.
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