Vnitr Lek 2015, 61(11):985-988

Clinical importance of basal insulin analogues and insulin Toujeo® 300 units/ml

Alena Adamíková

Diabetologické centrum Interní kliniky Krajské nemocnice T. Bati, a.s., Zlín, přednosta MUDr. Jiří Latta

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous disease that requires a personalized approach to treatment with goals tailored to capabilities and abilities of the patient, his other diseases so as to ensure good diabetes control without the risk of hypoglycemic events and the development or progression of late diabetic complications. Recommendations for treatment of diabetes is classified in second-line as a one of the possibilities of treatment of basal insulin immediately after the failure of therapy with metformin and diet. The new generation of basal insulin analogues provides its effect profile and features a completely new quality to the treatment of diabetes. Toujeo® 300 units/ml is a new long-acting basal insulin glargine concentration of 300 units/ ml with a low glycemic variability, which in studies has demonstrated consistent control of diabetes in a significant reduction in the risk of hypoglycemia especially at night compared with insulin glargin of concentration 100 units/ml.

Keywords: basal insulin analogues; personalized approach; Toujeo® 300 units, ml; type 2 diabetes mellitus

Received: October 2, 2015; Accepted: October 9, 2015; Published: November 1, 2015  Show citation