Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The absorption kinetics of soluble insulin are complex. Soluble insulin is absorbed after a delay as the hexameric form dissociates before being absorbed as the dimer.Patients using soluble insulin are instructed to inject 15-30 minutes before meals.In practice few patients comply with these recommendations.The aims of this study were to identify the proportion of patients injecting at the recommended time and to assess any association between injection timing and ...