When does a person with LADA start insulin therapy?
Many places in Europe including Barcelona, Odense and Rome treat LADA with insulin following diagnosis. In the UK, people with diabetes are not routinely tested for auto antilbodies (GAD) so health professionals do not differentiate between LADA and type 2 diabetes. Therefore people with LADA have the same treatment as people with type 2 diabetes. Typically, people will be managed in response to their blood glucose control, usually starting with diet, followed by oral hypoglycaemic agents (tablets) in the first instance. Insulin therapy is initiated if the former treatment has failed to control blood glucose.
