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The Simple Truth About Insulin Pump Therapy

Insulin Pump Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 DiabetesYou have type 2 diabetes, but diabetes shouldn’t rule your life. You want to manage your sugar levels well, but with shots, you must deal with frequent challenges to keep your sugar levels under control. You wish there was an easier way to manage insulin dosing without compromising your health. You’re not alone.

MiniMed insulin pump therapy helps you achieve better control by providing convenient insulin delivery that’s easy for you to manage.

Achieve lower A1C with MiniMed insulin pump therapy

Only MiniMed insulin pump therapy is clinically proven to reduce A1C better than multiple daily shots for people with type 2 diabetes.4

Studies have shown that A1C reduction can significantly reduce the occurrence of long-term complications.5, 6 With MiniMed insulin pump therapy, you can worry less about your risk for long-term complications, such as:

Studies have shown that A1C reduction can significantly reduce the occurrence of long-term complications

Achieve lower A1C with MiniMed insulin pump therapy
Who can benefit from MiniMed insulin pump therapy?

Who can benefit from MiniMed insulin pump therapy?

You are a candidate for MiniMed insulin pump therapy if:


  • You are taking three or more insulin injections per day.
  • You may be taking additional medications for your diabetes management, beyond just insulin.
  • Your healthcare provider informed you that your A1C is elevated and your diabetes is not well controlled.
  • You find it challenging to follow your prescribed insulin regimen for diabetes management.
What is a pump and how does it work?

What is a pump and how does it work?

The MiniMed insulin pump is an external device about the size of smaller than a cell phone that you can easily carry on a belt, place inside a pocket or wear under your clothes. The pump contains insulin and delivers it in a continuous and precise flow through a thin, flexible tube called an infusion set. The end of this tube sits comfortably under the skin and is replaced every two to three days.

Basal rate
You can program your insulin pump to continuously deliver tiny and precise amounts of insulin 24 hours a day. This is called the basal rate. It helps you maintain normal sugar levels between meals and overnight. Your baseline insulin needs may fluctuate throughout the day and the pump can match that with different basal rates.

Bolus dose
You can deliver additional insulin, called a bolus dose, to cover meals and to correct a high blood-glucose reading.

What meter should I use with my Medtronic insulin pump?

What are the advantages of MiniMed insulin pump therapy over multiple daily shots?

No more long-acting insulin shots
Instead of using long-acting insulin (like Lantus or Levemir), which can pool under your skin or not absorb evenly into your body, the MiniMed insulin pump continuously delivers only rapid acting insulin (like Humalog or NovoLog), which is absorbed more predictably.2 Studies show you’re up to six times more likely to achieve your target A1C with continuous insulin delivery than with shots.3

Easier way to take insulin
With MiniMed 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.

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

What meter should I use with my Medtronic insulin pump?

What meter should I use with my Medtronic insulin pump?

Accurate, seamless integration: CONTOUR® NEXT LINK meter from Bayer, MiniMed’s exclusive blood glucose monitoring partner.

  • The CONTOUR® NEXT LINK Meter will ship with every MiniMed insulin pump
  • Wirelessly transmits blood glucose results with proven accuracy8
  • Uses highly accurate CONTOUR® NEXT test strips
  • USB connector allows you to connect directly to your computer, to allow for easy downloading to CareLink® software, as well as recharging the battery
Benefits of Insulin Pump Therapy

More convenient diabetes management

Using the MiniMed insulin pump relieves you from many of the hassles of treating type 2 diabetes with a syringe or pen.

  • With MiniMed insulin pump therapy, you can achieve lower A1C with less diabetes medication than with daily shots.4
    Take less insulin. Total daily insulin dose was 20% lower with the MiniMed insulin pump than with multiple daily shots.4

    Take fewer oral medications. People using the MiniMed insulin pump take fewer pills for their diabetes than with daily shots.9
  • Convenient MiniMed insulin pump features make it simple to use.
    • Flexible options help you determine how much insulin to take for meals, delivered painlessly and discreetly with the push of a few buttons on your pump.
    - The Bolus Wizard® feature7 helps you calculate the proper insulin dose to match your meals.
    - Simplified bolus methods allow you to select fixed insulin amounts for different meals.
     • Missed Meal Bolus Reminder will help to remind you to give yourself insulin with meals.
    • A 3ml/300-unit capacity maximizes use of the insulin reservoir and minimizes infusion set changes.
  • No more keeping log books.
    The MiniMed insulin pump with CareLink™ software automatically records your blood sugar levels and all the insulin you’ve taken over the past month, so you don’t have to keep track with daily logs. It can also wirelessly transfer the information to a computer for you or your doctor to see online.
References
    • 1 Peyrot et al, Diabetes Care 2010. 33:240-245.
    • 2 Lauritzen T., Pramming S., Deckert T., Binder C. Pharmacokinetics of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion. Diabetologia 1983;24(5):326-329.
    • 3Doyle 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
    • 4 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; published online July 3.
    • 5 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.
    • 6 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.
    • 7 Do not use the Bolus Wizard to calculate a bolus for a period of time after giving a manual injection by syringe or pen. The Bolus Wizard does not account for manual injections, and could prompt you to deliver more insulin than needed. Too much insulin may cause hypoglycemia. One’s healthcare professional should be consulted for how long one needs to wait after a manual injection before relying on the active insulin calculation of the Bolus Wizard.
    • 8 Bernstein R. et al. A new test strip technology platform for self monitoring of blood glucose. J Diabetes Sci Technol, 2013;7(5):1386-1399.
    • 9 Lynch PM, Riedel AA, Samant N, Fan Y, Peoples T, Levinson J, Lee SW. Resource Utilization With Insulin Pump Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Am J Manag Care. 2010;16(12):892-6.