Posted by klausen on February 25, 2003 at 11:23:22:
In Reply to: Forbes: America's Riskiest Drugs: Insulin posted by Ellen on February 25, 2003 at 05:37:43:
The material posted here is an excellent example of the ignorance of non-diabetics and non-specialists about the problems with insulin therapy. Confusing insulin types is an extremely rare event compared to the complications caused by the fact that, even with the 'right' dose, insulin cannot mimic the natural output of the MANY hormones from the pancreas in tailored micro-doses which both lower and stabilize blood sugar levels. Giving a diabetic insulin and telling him to normalize his blood sugar with it is like giving someone a baseball and a bat and telling him to keep the ball exactly five feet above the ground by tapping it alternately upwards and downwards.