| Description |
xiii, 82 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- 000 Foreword -- 000 Prologue -- 000 Overview of Insulin Therapy -- Teuscher, A. -- 000 Definitions -- 000 Diabetes and Insulin -- 000 Two Types of Diabetes -- 000 The Regulatory Blood Glucose System -- 000 Endocrine Interactions in Diabetic Patients -- 000 Hyperglycemia -- 000 Hypoglycemia -- 000 Species and Types of Insulin -- 000 Human Insulin (from Humans) -- 000 Animal Insulins -- 000 Recombinant Insulin (Also Called 'Human' Insulin) -- 000 Insulin Analogues -- 000 Clinical Insulin Review: Pharmacokinetics -- 000 Intensive Insulin Therapy -- 000 Insulin Pumps -- 000 Insulin Powder to Inhale -- 000 The History of Insulin -- 000 Discovery of Insulin -- 000 First Diabetics on Insulin -- 000 Evolution of Insulins -- 000 Animal Insulin -- 000 'Human' Insulin and Analogues -- 000 Insulin Hypoglycemia -- 000 Blood Sugar Levels -- 000 Hypoglycemia in People without Insulin Treatment -- 000 Hypoglycemia from Antidiabetic Oral Drugs -- 000 Hypoglycemia in Nondiabetics -- 000 Insulinoma: An Insulin-Producing Tumor -- 000 Signs and Symptoms of Hypoglycemia -- 000 Management of Hypoglycemia -- 000 Grade 1: Mild Hypoglycemia -- 000 Grade 2: Moderate Hypoglycemia -- 000 Grade 3: Severe Hypoglycemia -- 000 The History of Insulin Hypoglycemia -- 000 Nocturnal Hypoglycemia -- 000 Semilente Porcine Insulin -- 000 Hypoglycemia Unawareness -- 000 Hazards of 'Human' Insulin Hypoglycemia -- 000 Three Alarming Cases -- 000 Traffic Accidents -- 000 Loss of Psychosomatic Control -- 000 Advice to Diabetic Drivers -- 000 Accidents with 'Human' Insulin -- 000 Auto Accident Research -- 000 Legal Aspects of Accidents with Hypoglycemia -- 000 The 'Dead-in-Bed' Syndrome -- 000 A Case of 'Dead-in-Bed' Syndrome -- 000 The 'Dead-in-Bed' Syndrome at Guy's Hospital -- 000 Further Investigations of the 'Dead-in-Bed' Syndrome -- 000 Violence and Emotional Instability -- 000 Introduction -- 000 Two Cases of Murder with 'Human' Insulin -- 000 Published Research Studies on Emotional Instability -- 000 Research Demonstrating that 'Human' and Animal Insulins Are Not the Same -- 000 Introduction -- 000 Clinical Research Studies -- 000 Basic Research Studies -- 000 Aggressive Marketing of 'Human' Insulin and the Withdrawal of Animal Insulin -- 000 Introduction -- 000 The Warning on 'Human' Insulin -- 000 Early Problems with 'Human' Insulin -- 000 Early Withdrawal of Animal Insulins -- 000 Using Insulin Pens as a Marketing Tool -- 000 A Patient's Choice -- 000 Withdrawals Continue -- 000 Insulin for the World's Poorest Countries -- 000 Advocacy -- 000 Reports of Adverse Reactions -- 000 Reactions of People with Diabetes -- 000 The Formation of the Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust (IDDT), 1994 -- 000 Adverse Reactions -- 000 The Bellagio Report 1996 -- 000 The Value of Evidence and Putting It to Good Use -- 000 The International Perspective -- 000 Lobbying -- 000 What Has Our Advocacy Achieved? -- 000 The Role of the Pharmaceutical Industry -- 000 And the Future. -- 000 Outlook and Recommendations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Insulin.
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Insulin -- Synthesis.
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Insulin -- Derivatives.
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Recombinant human insulin.
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Hypoglycemic agents industry.
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Diabetes -- Chemotherapy -- Evaluation.
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Insulin.
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Drug Industry.
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Hypoglycemia -- chemically induced.
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Hypoglycemic Agents.
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| Genre/Form |
Comparative Study.
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| LC no. |
2007030628 |
| ISBN |
9783805583534 soft cover alkaline paper |
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