Diabetics Not Happy With Current Treatments

In a report by International Patient Research conducted last year
only half of the patients interviewed were completely satisfied with
their current diabetes treatments. About one third of the patient
surveyed were extremely worried about suffering from complications as
well as the improper control of their blood sugar levels. In addition
to half of the diabetic patients were extremely worried that they may
accidentally injure themselves or others when experiencing hypoglycemia
(low blood sugar levels).

About four of every ten were very worried about passing out in
public during this hypoglycemic episodes. Meanwhile, nearly all
patients highly associated amputations, diabetic foot disease and
increased risk of infection with diabetes complications. In managing
their diabetes, thirty nine percent of the patients in the survey
expressed that uncontrolled disease progression is the greatest
difficulty they are currently facing.

That is why providing a cure and effective in regulating blood
glucose levels ( seventy eight percent and seventy four percent
respectively) rank as the most important attributes when choosing the
“best drug” for their diabetes treatment. Other important attributes
that diabetics sufferers considered in their medicine of choice were :
once daily dosing (forty nine percent), less side effect (forty nine
percent) and without injection (forty seven percent).

Despite the availability of many anti-diabetic drugs, data shows
that every ten seconds a person dies from diabetes related causes.
Complications associated with diabetes have become one of the major
causes of death in several countries, mainly due to the increased risk
of cardiovascular disease. Heart disease accounts for about fifty
percent of all deaths among diabetics in industrialized countries.