How to interpret blood glucose monitoring charts and adjust insulin doses
Interpreting blood glucose results and being able to adjust insulin doses are useful skills for pharmacists to possess.The key to acquiring these skills is in understanding:
- The insulin regimen and the onset, peak and duration of action for the insulins used
- The glucose levels to aim for
- How to titrate insulin doses
- How all of the above relates to patients’ lifestyles and eating habits
An update on insulin analogues
Recombinant DNA technology has enabled the production of insulin analogues. Irene Gummerson discusses the products and their benefits over standard formulations
