Advise Rotating Insulin Pump Infusion Sites To Avoid Infection

April 2016

More patients will make the switch from insulin injections to pumps.

Pumps may help improve glycemic control...minimize hypoglycemia...and offer more fine-tuning and flexibility with dosing and meals.

But they're not for everyone. Patients must test glucose often...count carbs...and adjust pump settings before meals, exercise, etc.

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Table of Contents

Gastroenterology Help Patients Taper Off Unnecessary PPIs
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Insulin Save U-500 Insulin For Patients Who Use Over 200 Units of Insulin Daily
Insulin Advise Rotating Insulin Pump Infusion Sites To Avoid Infection
Stroke Consider Pioglitazone for Patients with Prediabetes and Prior Stroke
Hepatitis C Watch Statin Doses With New Hepatitis C Med Zepatier
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Diabetes Don't Get Hung Up on Which BP Med to Start First in Most Diabetes Patients
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