Physics

Diabetes mellitus

Therapeutic effect

Inertia

Endocrinology

Intensive care medicine

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Diabetes Spectrum

Many people with diabetes do not achieve individualized treatment targets. Therapeutic inertia, the underuse of effective therapies in preventing serious clinical end points, is a frequent, important contributor to this failure. Clinicians, patients, health systems, payors, and producers of medications, devices, and other products for those with diabetes all play a role in the development of therapeutic inertia and can all help to reduce it.

Overview of Therapeutic Inertia in Diabetes: Prevalence, Causes, and Consequences