Long-term use of insulin is not addictive. Insulin is the only hormone that can lower blood sugar.

When patients are short of insulin, they should be supplemented in time, especially in patients with 1 type diabetes.

For patients with type 2 diabetes, this does not mean that insulin injection is addictive. According to clinical experience, when a patient is newly diagnosed with diabetes and has very high glucose toxicity, and his own islet is basically ineffective, insulin can be completely removed after two months of intensive treatment with insulin injection.

Therefore, it is suggested that patients receive insulin injection from the heart according to the needs of their illness.

Who needs insulin injections?

The first category is patients with acute complications of diabetes. For example, diabetic ketoacidosis requires insulin injection when there is hyperglycemia and hyperosmotic. In this case, intravenous drip can be used to correct hyperglycemia.

The second category is patients who are about to undergo surgery and have no time to stabilize their blood sugar. This kind of patients need to be adjusted by injecting insulin, and only the blood sugar is stable can promote wound healing.

The third category is patients who have failed to take oral hypoglycemic drugs. At this time, insulin can completely replace oral drugs.