Your doctor deserves to tell you how you deserve to control your blood glucose point using your blood glucose meter. Find out your target blood glucose levels before and after meals, as well as at bedtime. For the maximum of other people with diabetes, the goals are:
Ask what to do if your blood sugar level doesn’t stay within limits and how you want your A1c spot to be tested.
Sources:
Vivian Fonseca, MD, FRCP, Head, Endocrinology Section, Tulane University School of Medicine; President, Medicine and Science, American Diabetes Association.
American Diabetes Association: Insulin Basics; “Insulin routines”; and ‘Insulin garage and syringe safety’.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: “What I Need to Know About Diabetes Medications.”
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: “Insulin”.
Press Release, FDA.
Sources:
Vivian Fonseca, MD, FRCP, Head, Endocrinology Section, Tulane University School of Medicine; President, Medicine and Science, American Diabetes Association.
American Diabetes Association: Insulin Basics; “Insulin routines”; and ‘Insulin garage and syringe safety’.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: “What I Need to Know About Diabetes Medications.”
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: “Insulin”.
Press Release, FDA.
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