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80% have experienced self-treated hypoglycaemia

Cowboyjim

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http://www.novonordisk.com/press/se...dbf-8453-f551e506f3c1&sShowLanguageCode=en-GB
A new Novo Nordisk PR says this:
"Four out of five (80%) people with type 2 diabetes have experienced self-treated hypoglycaemia*, with 36% experiencing an episode in the last month.1 These hypoglycaemic episodes also affected the way that patients with type 2 diabetes managed their condition,1 according to the GAPP2™ (Global Attitudes of Patients and Physicians) survey, funded by Novo Nordisk and presented today at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).
"Nearly half (46%) of the patients in the study reported increasing blood glucose monitoring as a result of their last episode and more than one in 10 altered their long-acting insulin regime.1 In addition, according to the GAPP2™ survey, 16% of people with type 2 diabetes said they had intentionally not taken their insulin as prescribed and 14% had intentionally kept their blood sugar at a higher than recommended level in order to avoid hypoglycaemia during the night."
 
Sheesh - what they meant to say was "80% of insulin dependent T2 diabetics have experienced self-treated hypoglycaemia".

Poorly written press release, more fuel for the "T2 diabetics get hypos" myth.
 
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