Insulin therapy for diabetic patients: Insulin is a hormone in the human body, so as long as it is used correctly, insulin is not harmful to the human body. However, its only drawback is that insulin must be given by subcutaneous injection, thus causing inconvenience and pain to the patient in its use. Even so, the superiority of insulin therapy is still unmatched by oral hypoglycemic drugs. Insulin can be considered as an alternative treatment for diabetes in the following cases: 1. Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes who must receive exogenous insulin in order to control their blood glucose levels. 2. Pregnancy and childbirth of diabetic women. 3.Diabetes mellitus complicated by ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar non-ketotic coma. 4, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus can be treated with insulin after a period of time with sufficient doses of oral hypoglycemic drugs, but the blood glucose is always high and the efficacy is not obvious. 5.Diabetic patients with progressive development of chronic complications, such as retinopathy, neuropathy when rapidly deteriorating, after the emergence of diabetic nephropathy. 6, when diabetic patients with severe infections, chronic wasting diseases, the need for major surgical procedures, etc. In the application of insulin, daily before three meals and bedtime need to make urine glucose characterization, according to changes in urine glucose to adjust the drug dosage. If the patient has poor renal function, regular observation of blood glucose is required. 7. After the initial intensive treatment, newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients clear the toxic effects of high glucose, improve the function of pancreatic b-cells and partially restore the acute insulin response, thus normal blood glucose can be restored in a longer period of time. There are long-standing misconceptions about insulin, and some people believe that insulin is addictive like a drug. In developed countries in the West, more than 50% of type 2 diabetes patients are treated with insulin, while in China only 10%-20%, not that Chinese diabetics do not need insulin, but because Chinese people’s misunderstanding of insulin is too deep, and China’s diabetes education work is still far from enough. In addition, it has a lot to do with the quality of culture of the whole population. For a long time, diabetic patients often have the concern that once they use insulin, type 2 diabetes will also become insulin-dependent diabetes, and they will never be able to leave insulin again. Some even compare insulin with opium. In fact, these are big mistakes. The use of insulin will never turn type 2 diabetes into insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes; dependence or non-dependence on insulin is only related to your condition and has nothing to do with the early or late use of insulin. The answer to the question of whether or not you can become addicted to insulin injections is absolutely no! Why some diabetic patients can not stop once they receive insulin therapy? This should be carefully analyzed: 1. Type 1 diabetics do not produce insulin in their bodies and depend on exogenous insulin to survive, so they are not addicted. Type 1 diabetes generally occurs in adolescents. 2, a very small number of adults with late-onset type 1 diabetes, these patients, often easily misdiagnosed as type 2 diabetes early, when the use of many oral hypoglycemic drugs are ineffective to insulin, so this part of the patient is also not addiction. 3, type 2 diabetic patients due to irregular medication, in order to lead to pancreatic islet depletion, and the secretion of insulin is insufficient, so the need for long-term use of insulin. 4, the clinical more common is due to the use of insulin after the relaxation of diet and exercise therapy, resulting in poor blood sugar control, had to use insulin for a long time to control blood sugar. 5.Partly due to the serious progression of chronic complications, and not suitable for oral hypoglycemic drugs, so long-term use of insulin is required. 6. Type 2 diabetes mellitus has islet secretion function, but insulin therapy is needed due to acute complications, stressful conditions (such as infection, surgery, etc.), or pregnancy. Therefore, after using insulin for a period of time and the condition is stabilized, the insulin dosage can be gradually reduced until it is discontinued and replaced by oral hypoglycemic therapy. In short, insulin is an endocrine hormone, pharmacologically it is not addictive and will never become addicted! As a diabetic patient, you must get out of the misconception that insulin can be addictive and refuse to use it, and actively cooperate with your doctor to prevent delays in treatment!