Patients using multiple injection regimens have a once or twice daily injection of long or intermediate acting insulin respectively and 3 to 4 injections of short acting insulin before meals. The short acting injections are given using a pen-injector which allows repeated measured dose injections from dedicated insulin cartridges.
Multiple injection regimens have a number of advantages and disadvantages:
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