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Conventional insulin therapy is a therapeutic regimen for treatment of
diabetes mellitus Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained hyperglycemia, high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough of the hormone insulin, or th ...
which contrasts with the newer
intensive insulin therapy Intensive insulin therapy or flexible insulin therapy is a therapeutic regimen for diabetes mellitus treatment. This newer approach contrasts with conventional insulin therapy. Rather than minimize the number of insulin injections per day (a te ...
. This older method (prior to the development of home
blood glucose monitoring Blood glucose monitoring is the use of a glucose meter for testing the concentration of glucose in the blood (Blood sugar level, glycemia). Particularly important in diabetes management, a blood glucose test is typically performed by piercing ...
) is still in use in a proportion of cases.


Characteristics

Conventional insulin therapy is characterized by: * Insulin injections of a mixture of regular (or rapid) and intermediate acting insulin are performed two times a day, or to improve overnight glucose, mixed in the morning to cover breakfast and lunch, but with regular (or rapid) acting insulin alone for dinner and intermediate acting insulin at bedtime (instead of being mixed in at dinner). * 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.


Effects

The down side of this method is that it is difficult to achieve as good results of
glycemic control Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease that is characterized by chronic elevated blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia). Therefore, the main goal of diabetes management is to keep blood glucose levels within normal limits or a target range as ...
as with intensive insulin therapy. The advantage is that, for diabetics with a regular lifestyle, the regime is less intrusive than the intensive therapy.


References

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