Starting insulin therapy in type 2 diabetic patients: does it really matter how?

Editorial

Mayer B Davidson. Diabetes Care. 2005 Feb.

. 2005 Feb;28(2):494-5.

doi: 10.2337/diacare.28.2.494.

No abstract available

Comment in

Initiation of insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes failing oral therapy: response to Mikhail and Cope and to Janka.
Raskin P. Raskin P. Diabetes Care. 2005 Nov;28(11):2811. doi: 10.2337/diacare.28.11.2811. Diabetes Care. 2005. PMID: 16249569 No abstract available.

Comparison of basal insulin added to oral agents versus twice-daily premixed insulin as initial insulin therapy for type 2 diabetes.
Janka HU, Plewe G, Riddle MC, Kliebe-Frisch C, Schweitzer MA, Yki-Järvinen H. Janka HU, et al. Diabetes Care. 2005 Feb;28(2):254-9. doi: 10.2337/diacare.28.2.254. Diabetes Care. 2005. PMID: 15677775 Clinical Trial.
Initiating insulin therapy in type 2 Diabetes: a comparison of biphasic and basal insulin analogs.
Raskin P, Allen E, Hollander P, Lewin A, Gabbay RA, Hu P, Bode B, Garber A; INITIATE Study Group. Raskin P, et al. Diabetes Care. 2005 Feb;28(2):260-5. doi: 10.2337/diacare.28.2.260. Diabetes Care. 2005. PMID: 15677776 Clinical Trial.