Conventional insulinotherapy
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Conventional insulinotherapy is a therapeutic regimen for treatment of diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus, often simply referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the body does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced...

 which contrasts with the newer intensive insulinotherapy
Intensive insulinotherapy
Intensive insulinotherapy is a therapeutic regimen for diabetes mellitus treatment. This newer approach contrasts with conventional insulinotherapy...

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This older method (prior to the development home blood glucose monitoring
Blood glucose monitoring
Blood glucose monitoring is a way of testing the concentration of glucose in the blood . Particularly important in the care of diabetes mellitus, a blood glucose test is performed by piercing the skin to draw blood, then applying the blood to a chemically active disposable 'test-strip'...

) is still in use in a proportion of cases.

Conventional insulin therapy has these characteristics:
  • Insulin injections of a mixture of rapid and intermediate acting insulin are performed two or three times daily.
  • Meals are scheduled to match the anticipated peaks in the insulin profiles.
  • The target range for blood glucose levels is higher than is desired in the intensive regimen.
  • Frequent measurements of blood glucose levels were not used.


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