Insulin pump therapy for type 2 diabetes.


When a person is newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, their healthcare professionals may offer various treatment options such as oral medication, insulin shots, or insulin pump therapy. People living with type 2 diabetes may choose insulin pump therapy as it requires fewer insulin injections or insulin shots.*

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What are the advantages of insulin pump therapy over daily injections for type 2 diabetes?


Studies have shown that A1C reduction can significantly reduce the occurrence of long-term complications.1,2 With insulin pump therapy, you can worry less about your risk for long-term complications, such as:


Cardiovascular Damage
Cardiovascular complications1,2

Eye Damage
Eye complications1,2

Kidney Damage
Kidney complications1,2

Nerve Damage
Nerve complications1,2

Insulin pump therapy may reduce some of the hassles

Insulin pump therapy may reduce some of the hassles associated with other therapy options:

  • Syringe or insulin pen
  • Oral medication
  • Using more insulin

Insulin pump therapy is clinically proven to reduce A1C better than multiple daily insulin shots for people living with type 2 diabetes.3

Fewer shots
Reduced A1C
Reduced daily insulin dose

Insulin pump therapy. Live more. Worry less.


Instead of using long-acting insulin (like Lantus or Levemir), which can pool under your skin or not absorb evenly into your body, the insulin pump continuously delivers only rapid-acting insulin (like Humalog or NovoLog), which is absorbed more predictably.4 Studies show you’re up to six times more likely to achieve your target A1C with continuous insulin delivery than with shots.5

With insulin pump therapy, you can eat when you want and go on outings without worrying about injections. If you want to eat, just push a couple of buttons on the pump to get more insulin. If you want to delay a meal, you can.

Easier way to take insulin

Multiple shots per day can mean more than 120 shots per month. With insulin pump therapy, you only have to insert your infusion set 10 to 12 times per month.

Fewer injections

How does an insulin pump work?


An insulin pump is a small device that mimics some of the ways a healthy pancreas works. It delivers continuous and customized doses of rapid-acting insulin 24 hours a day to match your body’s needs.


How does an insulin pump work?

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Who can benefit from insulin pump therapy?

You may be a candidate for insulin pump therapy if you:

  • Are taking insulin injections
  • Have an A1C greater than 7%
  • Forget to take your insulin injections
  • Have frequent high or low blood sugars
  • Enjoy an active lifestyle
  • Desire to spend less time managing your diabetes

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References
* Assumes 4 injections per day for 30 days and one infusion set change every two to three days.
1 Holman RR, Paul SK, Bethel MA, Matthews DR, Neil HAW. 10-year follow-up of intensive glucose control in type 2 diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2008;359:1577-1589.
2 U.K. Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) Group. Intensive blood-glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complication in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33). The Lancet. 1998;352:837-853.
3 Reznik Y, Cohen O, Aronson R, et al, Insulin pump treatment compared with multiple daily injections for treatment of type 2 diabetes (OpT2mise): a randomized open-label controlled trial. The Lancet. 2014; 2014;384:1265-1272.
4 Lauritzen T, Pramming S, Deckert T, Binder C, Pharmacokinetics of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion. Diabetologia. 1983;24(5):326-329.
5 Doyle EA, Weinzimer, Steffen AT, et al. A randomized, prospective trial comparing the efficacy of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion with multiple daily injections using insulin glargine. Diabetes Care. 2014;27(5)1554-1558.

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Aronson R, Reznik Y, Conget I, et al. Sustained efficacy of insulin pump therapy compared with multiple daily injections in type 2 diabetes: 12 month data from the OpT2mise randomized trial. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 2016;18:500–507.

Wolff-McDonagh, P, Kaufmann J, Foreman S, WisotskyS, WisotskyJ, Wexler C. Using insulin pump therapy in poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Educator. 2010;36:657-665.

dQ&A Diabetes Connections Q4 2019 surveyed market share data, n = 172.

Customers who take part in the evaluation program will only be billed following the 6-week evaluation period if keeping the device. Insurance will be billed as normal and refunded if participant chooses not to keep the device and complies with program requirements. Offer only available to new type 2 diabetes MiniMed™ 630G system customers. See program agreement for more details. Program terms subject to change at any time and without notice.

Assumes four injections per day for 30 days and one infusion set change every two to three days.