INSULIN PUMP THERAPY - ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE TO INJECTION THERAPY

Insulin pump therapy is a tool. Like all tools, it offers those who us e it an opportunity to build something of value. It represents an impr ovement in the short- and long-term prospects for the patient with a c hronic and, as of today, still incurable disease. Like all tools, the pump demands certain skills and knowledge for appropriate use, Never h as the ability to learn these skills and knowledge been more accessibl e. Books, monographs, instructions, and symposiums are readily availab le and necessary to help physicians and patients embark on the use of this therapy. The clear and lasting message from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial is that the mission of physicians who care for patients with diabetes is to improve blood glucose control; the goal is to approach normal values while holding true to the idea of causing no harm, Insulin pump therapy offers the clinician the ability to ach ieve that goal in appropriately selected patients.