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Poll Results   What insulin regimen do you or your child use most often?     Insulin Pump Therapy         Pump - NovoLog     41%     162         Pump - Apidra     5%     20         Pump - Humalog     16%     66         Pump - Regular     1%     1     Lantus Basal-Bolus         Lantus & NovoLog     16%     64         Lantus & Apidra     1%     3         Lantus & Humalog     7%     29         Lantus & Regular     1%     3     Levemir Basal-Bolus         Levemir & NovoLog     2%     8         Levemir & Apidra     0%      0         Levemir & Humalog     1%     3         Levemir & Regular     1%     1     NPH-based Therapy         NPH & NovoLog, Humalog or Apidra     3%     15         NPH & Regular     1%     6     Other         Pre-mixed insulin     1%     2         Other insulin regimen     1%     7         I don't use insulin     1%     2   Total votes: 392

What insulin regimen do you or your child use most often? Poll dates: September 16 - 23, 2009 Total Votes: 392 When we first ran this poll seven years ago in October 1998, the choices of insulin regimen were significantly limited compared with today. Back then, there was no true basal insulin like Lantus, and Humalog, the first engineered rapid acting insulin analog, was new to the marketplace. Kids with diabetes typically took two or three injections per day of a mixture of long acting (usually NPH) and short acting (usually Regular) insulins. Much has changed in the past nine years. As we learned in our January 2009 poll about insulins used, the use of NPH has dropped to just 5% of people responding, and the use of Regular insulin has dropped to just 1%. Insulin analogs, which offer clinical benefits (better predictability of action, reduced risk of hypoglycemia), have taken their place, at least among visitors to CWD. The results of this week's poll show a continuing decline in the use of NPH insulin and growth in pump use -- now 63% of respondents. CWD visitors report using the following rapid acting insulins by therapy: Insulins used in Insulin Pumps. Click for a larger image. Insulins used in MDI. Click for a larger image. Download the Excel spreadsheet used to generate these graphs. The table below summarizes the change in use of short acting insulin from September 2005 until September 2009. Answer Sep 2009 Sep 2008 Sep 2007 Sep 2006 Sep 2005 Insulin used in pumps NovoLog 65% 68% 71% 63% 57% Apidra 8% 4% 5% 2% 1% Humalog 27% 27% 24% 34% 41% Regular 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% Short acting insulin used with Lantus or Levemir in MDI NovoLog 65% 60% 65% 64% 52% Apidra 3% 3% 2% 0% 0% Humalog 29% 33% 32% 35% 46% Regular 4% 1% 1% 1% 2% [Return to the current poll]

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