Is it possible to become addicted to insulin?

  Many patients or their families refuse to use insulin because they are worried that they will become dependent on insulin if they cannot stop taking it. In fact, there is no need to think this way. We always advocate that the use of insulin should be “stop early and stop as soon as possible”. Early intensive insulin treatment can induce a “honeymoon period” for patients with type 2 diabetes, that is, after a period of intensive insulin treatment, with the gradual recovery of their own pancreatic function, the amount of insulin use will be gradually reduced until it is discontinued and no longer used. The blood glucose can be controlled within the normal range.