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What insulin regimen do you or your child use most often? |
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Insulin Pump Therapy |
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Pump - NovoLog |
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44% |
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113 |
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Pump - Apidra |
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8% |
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21 |
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Pump - Humalog |
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17% |
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43 |
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Pump - Regular |
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0% |
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0 |
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Lantus Basal-Bolus |
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Lantus & NovoLog |
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13% |
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33 |
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Lantus & Apidra |
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1% |
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2 |
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Lantus & Humalog |
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8% |
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21 |
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Lantus & Regular |
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0% |
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0 |
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Levemir Basal-Bolus |
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Levemir & NovoLog |
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3% |
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7 |
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Levemir & Apidra |
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0% |
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1 |
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Levemir & Humalog |
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2% |
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5 |
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Levemir & Regular |
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0% |
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0 |
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NPH-based Therapy |
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NPH & NovoLog, Humalog or Apidra |
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2% |
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4 |
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NPH & Regular |
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1% |
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3 |
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Other |
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Pre-mixed insulin |
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0% |
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1 |
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Other insulin regimen |
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2% |
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4 |
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I don't use insulin |
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0% |
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0 |
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Total votes: 258 |
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What insulin regimen do you or your child use most often?
Poll dates: September 15 - 22, 2010
Total Votes: 258
When we first ran this poll in 1998, the choices of insulin regimen were significantly limited compared with today. Back then, there was no true basal insulin like Lantus or Levemir, 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 12 years.
As we learned in our January 2010 poll about insulins used, the use of NPH and Regular insulin continues to decline, with no one reporting using Regular insulin -- a first. 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 2010.
| Answer |
Sep 2010 |
Sep 2009 |
Sep 2008 |
Sep 2007 |
Sep 2006 |
Sep 2005 |
| NovoLog |
64% |
65% |
68% |
71% |
63% |
57% |
| Apidra |
12% |
8% |
4% |
5% |
2% |
1% |
| Humalog |
24% |
27% |
27% |
24% |
34% |
41% |
| Regular |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
1% |
1% |
| NovoLog |
58% |
65% |
60% |
65% |
64% |
52% |
| Apidra |
4% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
0% |
0% |
| Humalog |
38% |
29% |
33% |
32% |
35% |
46% |
| Regular |
0% |
4% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
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