An overview of insulin glargine.

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Home PD, Ashwell SG

An overview of insulin glargine.

Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2002 Sep-Oct;18 Suppl 3:S57-63.

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Abstract

Insulin glargine is an innovative, long-acting human insulin analogue, whose prolonged mean activity profile has no pronounced peak. Accordingly, it mimics more closely the natural physiological profile of basal endogenous insulin secretion than do traditional extended-acting insulins such as NPH insulin. As would be expected for a more satisfactory basal insulin, clinical trials comparing insulin glargine with NPH insulin show less nocturnal hypoglycaemia, improved pre-breakfast blood glucose levels, or both. Furthermore, no substantive safety concerns have emerged for insulin glargine. Thus, insulin glargine represents the first major advance in the provision of basal insulin injection therapy for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes for over 50 years.

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