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A Multiple Injection Regimen using an Insulin Injection Pen and Pre‐filled Cartridged Soluble Human Insulin in Adolescents with Diabetes
Author(s) -
Jefferson I. G.,
Marteau T. M.,
Smith M. A.,
Baum J. D.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1985.tb00690.x
Subject(s) - medicine , regimen , diabetes mellitus , insulin , human insulin , surgery , endocrinology
A multiple insulin injection regimen using a self‐contained injection device Novopen® (Novo Industries, Bagsvaerd, Copenhagen, Denmark) was assessed in 11 adolescents (age range 12.1–16.9 years) with diabetes. Ten patients completed the 3‐month study period and eight expressed a wish to continue with the regimen, finding that the advantages it offered out‐weighed the inconvenience of multiple injections. Mean glycosylated haemoglobin fell over the 3 months of the study period from 13.7±2.7% to 11.7±3.4% (NS) and there was a trend towards lower mean blood values which reached significance at the pre‐lunch measurement ( p <0.02).