Insulin Pump - Acceptability

Acceptability

Use of insulin pumps is increasing throughout the world because of:

• easy delivery of multiple insulin injections for those using intensive insulin therapy.
• accurate delivery of very small boluses, helpful for infants.
• growing support among doctors and insurance companies due to the benefits contributing to reducing the incidence of long-term complications.
• improvements in blood glucose monitoring. New meters require smaller drops of blood, and the corresponding lancet poke in the fingers is smaller and less painful. These meters also support alternate site testing for the most routine tests for practically painless testing. This compensates for the need for pump users to test blood sugar more frequently.
• support groups demonstrating techniques for adapting insulin pump use to sports, exercise, and water sports. Expert help is becoming common in user groups and books. The pump can be effectively combined with partial basal insulin from the pump and partial basal insulin from a long-acting insulin such as Lantus and Levemir. This is becoming known as the untethered regimen.