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- Type of diabetes
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- Insulin
I read the paper and the studies it discussed seemed to involve T2s who were often early stage or even prediabetic. I'm not sure how much relevance these studies have to countries where T2s are typically supplied insulin at a late stage of diagnosis (ten years?) , other meds have been tried and failed, and quite possibly the T2's insulin own insulin production has been impaired by long term high bgs. I guess you can't really do a study for these people, because you can't leave a control group untreated.
Try low carb before giving insulin to a new T2? That seems pretty sensible to me. But it says nothing about using insulin to treat a long term T2 who has already run through a large number of other options.
And yes, it would be nice if doctors did more cpeptide tests to determine how much insulin new and old T2s were producing, if only because you could then spot a lot more misdiagnosed T1s and also spot the T2s whose production is failing.
I would argue that insulin is life saving for some T2 diabetics (or at least sight and limb saving).
It looks like a generalisiton to me. From a junior doc just picking the bones over an old study.. (23 year old?)
No other basis for insulin being prescribed from doctors other than it manages my BG.. Banting's vision. For T1D.
Regarding heart attacks or potential strokes? I don't get the "logic..?" If that's all this guy has got regarding alarming T2s. I'd rather scroll on.....
I'm just bemused non IDs successfully managing their own condition with a successful regime. Would be interested.?