Insulin Self Medication among Diabetic Patients: A Review of Associated Factors
Insulin is a drug used in the treatment of diabetes type one and the emergencies of diabetes type two. Diabetes is achronic disease which occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannoteffectively use the insulin produced. The majority of the people with diabetes in developing countries are within theproductive age range of 45 to 64 years. Besides their reduced productivity, diabetes further makes it expensive interms of drugs and the economic growth is slowed down. Diabetic patients with old age often have enoughknowledge on insulin self-medication but some of them lose their sight as a complication of the disease. It wasdiscovered that men are more compliant to insulin injection than women.