[Personal experience in the therapy of diabetes mellitus].
Our aim was to investigate and establish the methods and therapeutic procedures as well as their efficiency and success in the diabetic patients in the community of Tuzla and region of north-east Bosnia. We found that 61,32% percent of our patients were treated with oral antidiabetic medicines; 23,68% percent by the special diet and only 14,16% percent of diabetics were treated by insulin. The treatment was successful in 73,65% percent of our patients and without any effect in 26,35% percent. We found different causes of unsuccessful treatment and some of them are: the low cultural and educational level of the inhabitants, inadequate dietal nutrition, unregular and insufficient control and self-control of the patients and also inadequate treatment: 1. refusal of insulin therapy and 2. insufficient usage of antidiabetic medicines.