Conventional insulin therapy

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Conventional insulin therapy
Specialty Endocrinologist

Conventional insulin therapy is a therapeutic regimen for treatment of diabetes mellitus which contrasts with the newer intensive insulin therapy.

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This older method (prior to the development of home blood glucose monitoring) is still in use in a proportion of cases.

Characteristics

Conventional insulin therapy is characterized by:

Effects

The down side of this method is that it is difficult to achieve as good results of glycemic control as with intensive insulin therapy. The advantage is that, for diabetics with a regular lifestyle, the regime is less intrusive than the intensive therapy. [2]

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2013-04-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Ahmed, Almoutaz Alkhier; Alsharief, Emad; Alsharief, Ali (2013). "Intensive versus conventional glycemic control: what is best for patients with type 2 diabetes?". Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome. 7 (1): 48–51. doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2013.02.008. ISSN   1878-0334. PMID   23517797.