PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Pasquale J. Palumbo
TI  - The case for insulin treatment early in type 2 diabetes
DP  - 2004 May 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 385--405
VI  - 71
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/5/385.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/5/385.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2004 May 01; 71
AB  - Most patients with type 2 diabetes ultimately need insulin therapy. This paper presents the case for starting insulin therapy sooner rather than later, preferably without oral drugs and in a “basal/bolus” regimen consisting of a daily dose of a long-acting insulin for basal coverage plus preprandial doses of a short-acting insulin.