PMID- 37132569
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230504
LR  - 20230508
IS  - 2078-6204 (Electronic)
IS  - 2078-6190 (Print)
IS  - 2078-6190 (Linking)
VI  - 65
IP  - 1
DP  - 2023 Apr 20
TI  - An introduction to insulin use in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
PG  - e1-e5
LID - 10.4102/safp.v65i1.5702 [doi]
LID - 5702
AB  - The benefits of the newer antidiabetic agents available for managing type 2 
      diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remain indisputable, but many patients will require 
      insulin therapy in the disease course. Given the limited access to newer 
      antidiabetic agents, insulin remains a standard treatment modality in T2DM in 
      South Africa. Early, multifactorial intervention remains ideal, but glucose, 
      blood pressure and cholesterol values remain above target in many countries. 
      Barriers to achieving glucose control in South Africa include the healthcare 
      provider's being unfamiliar with the practicalities of insulin administration, 
      initiation and titration. This article highlights these gaps and offers pragmatic 
      solutions to overcome them.
FAU - Coetzee, Ankia
AU  - Coetzee A
AD  - Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, 
      Cape Town, South Africa; and, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 
      Stellenbosch University, Cape Town. ankiac@sun.ac.za.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230420
PL  - South Africa
TA  - S Afr Fam Pract (2004)
JT  - South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of 
      Family Practice/Primary Care
JID - 9701104
RN  - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents)
RN  - 0 (Insulin)
RN  - 0 (Insulin, Regular, Human)
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy
MH  - Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use
MH  - Insulin/therapeutic use
MH  - Insulin, Regular, Human
MH  - South Africa
PMC - PMC10157446
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - basal
OT  - insulin
OT  - multifactorial
OT  - practical
OT  - type 2 diabetes
COIS- The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that 
      may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.
EDAT- 2023/05/03 12:42
MHDA- 2023/05/04 12:41
PMCR- 2023/04/20
CRDT- 2023/05/03 07:23
PHST- 2022/12/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/02/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/02/24 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/05/04 12:41 [medline]
PHST- 2023/05/03 12:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/05/03 07:23 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/04/20 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - SAFP-65-5702 [pii]
AID - 10.4102/safp.v65i1.5702 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - S Afr Fam Pract (2004). 2023 Apr 20;65(1):e1-e5. doi: 10.4102/safp.v65i1.5702.