The Injection Technique Factor: What You Don't Know or Teach Can Make a Difference

Clinical Diabetes : a Publication of the American Diabetes Association
Laurence J Hirsch, Kenneth W Strauss

Abstract

IN BRIEF To be consistently effective, insulin must be delivered into subcutaneous tissue. If insulin is delivered intramuscularly, its uptake and action become variably faster, leading to suboptimal, inconsistent glucose control. The best strategy to avoid intramuscular injection is to use the shortest needles available. Injection sites should be rotated systematically to prevent lipohypertrophy, which also substantially affects insulin uptake and action. New evidence-based insulin delivery recommendations are available, and awareness of them should lead to more effective use of insulin therapy, improved clinical outcomes, and considerable cost savings.

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