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One In Three Diabetics Regularly Miss Insulin Doses

As many as 88 per cent of diabetes sufferers fail to hit blood-glucose targets and more than one in three regularly miss a dose, according to a survey by the Global Attitudes of Patients and Physicians in Insulin Therapy (GAPPTM).

The GAPPTM survey of more than 3,000 patients and physicians in eight countries found that of diabetics regularly missing doses most had missed three doses and 77 per cent of GPs believe this could be in reality as high as six doses.

Some 67 per cent of patients who responded to the GAPPTM survey are concerned about hypoglycaemic events and that nine in 10 patients wished there was an insulin that could be dosed less than once a day.

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