login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
Insulin Pen Helps to Reduce the Healthcare Costs of Diabetics
August 24, 2007 at 6:46 PM
Diabetes News
A new study found that using an insulin pen may result in fewer trips to the emergency department and to the doctors office, resulting in substantial savings to diabetics and their insurers.
For one, there is less chance of getting the wrong dose of insulin, said Rajesh Balkrishnan, the studys senior author and the Merrell Dow professor of pharmacy at Ohio State University. Diabetics who use syringes must carefully measure their insulin, so there is a risk of getting too much or too little.
The pen contains a pre-measured dose of insulin in a disposable cartridge. Users simply push a button on the pen, and the proper dose of medication is injected through a needle. A syringe user must extract the exact dose of insulin from a vial.
The findings appear in a recent issue of the journal Clinical Therapeutics.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 21 million people in the United States are diabetic. Experts say the disease accounts for $132 billion in health care expenditures each year.
Balkrishnan and his colleagues followed more than 1,300 diabetic adults enrolled in a Medicaid program in North Carolina. Each patient had failed treatment with oral medications prescribed to control the symptoms of their disease and had begun insulin therapy. Oral drugs are typically the first course of treatment when someone is initially diagnosed with type II diabetes.
|
|
|
More News on: Diabetes - Essentials, Diabetes - Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose (SMBG), Diabetes and Exercise, Phimosis/Circumcision, Hypospadias, Urology Paediatric Emergencies, Gestational diabetes, Pregnancy and Complications, Glycemic Index, Awareness about Healthcare Insurance in India
 Comment & Contribute
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
- News Quick Links
| News Categories: |
| » | Report: A Lot of Americans Have No Access to Health Care |
| » | Greece Faces Humanitarian Crisis as Health Care Access Declines in EU, Doctors Group Warns |
| » | HCCI Report Says Rising Prices for Care Responsible for Increased Healthcare Costs for Privately Insured Americans |
| » | Treatment in ED is Based on Children's Insurance Status |
| » | US Spends Most on Healthcare Without Providing Superior Care |
| More Insurance News | |
|
