CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY 2003 (PART 36)

Diabetes mellitus affects 1-2% of many national populations. Its successful management requires close collaboration between the patient and the doctor. • Diabetes mellitus and insulin • Insulins in current use (including choice, formulations, adverse effects, hypoglycaemia, insulin resistance) Oral antidiabetes drugs Treatment of diabetes mellitus Diabetic ketoacidosis Surgery in diabetic patients Obesity and overweight Diabetes mellitus and insulin HISTORY Insulin (as pancreatic islet cell extract) was first administered to a 14-year-old insulin-deficient patient on 11 January 1922 in Toronto, Canada. ...