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Published in: Diabetologia 3/2007

01-03-2007 | Letter

Comment on: Distiller LA, Joffe BI (2006) From the coalface: does glargine insulin improve hypoglycaemic episodes, glycaemic control or affect body mass in type 1 diabetic subjects who are attending a ‘routine’ diabetes clinic? Diabetologia 49:2793–2794

Author: D. S. H. Bell

Published in: Diabetologia | Issue 3/2007

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To the Editor: Distiller and Joffe reported that type 1 diabetic patients being treated in a ‘real-world’ environment with basal-bolus therapy did not achieve better glycaemic control when converted from NPH to glargine insulin [1]. Prior to changing to glargine, 32.2% of these type 1 diabetic subjects were receiving an NPH injection more frequently than once daily. …
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Distiller LA, Joffe BI (2006) From the coalface: does glargine insulin improve hypoglycaemic episodes, glycaemic control or affect body mass in type 1 diabetic subjects who are attending a ‘routine’ diabetes clinic? Diabetologia 49:2793–2794PubMedCrossRef
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Albright ES, Desmond R, Bell DSH (2004) Efficacy of conversion from bedtime NPH insulin injection to once- or twice-daily injections of insulin glargine in type 1 diabetic patients using basal/bolus therapy. Diabetes Care 27:632–633 (Letter)PubMed
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Ashwell SG, Gebbie J, Home PD (2006) Optimal timing of injection of once-daily insulin glargine in people with type 1 diabetes using insulin lispro at meal-times. Diabet Med 23:46–52PubMedCrossRef
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Ashwell SG, Gebbie J, Home PD (2006) Twice-daily compared with once-daily insulin glargine in people with type 1 diabetes using meal-time insulin aspart. Diabet Med 23:879–886PubMedCrossRef
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Comment on: Distiller LA, Joffe BI (2006) From the coalface: does glargine insulin improve hypoglycaemic episodes, glycaemic control or affect body mass in type 1 diabetic subjects who are attending a ‘routine’ diabetes clinic? Diabetologia 49:2793–2794
Author
D. S. H. Bell
Publication date
01-03-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Diabetologia / Issue 3/2007
Print ISSN: 0012-186X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-006-0583-y

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