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Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 81 considers self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in type 2 diabetes. Conclusions: Using SMBG in non-insulin treated patients with type 2 diabetes is very costly and has not been shown to improve outcomes that matter to patients: mortality, morbidity or quality of life. Most non-insulin treated patients with type 2 diabetes do not require routine SMBG. Type 2 diabetes patients require effective education about when they may be at risk of hypoglycemia or dangerous hyperglycemia, when SMBG is appropriate and how they should act upon test results. Type 2 diabetes management should focus on weight management, appropriate nutrition, regular physical activity and blood pressure control, rather than intensive glucose lowering treatment.

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Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes
Alternate Title
Therapeutics Letter 81
Creator
Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2011-06
Description
Therapeutics Letter 81 considers self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in type 2 diabetes. Conclusions: Using SMBG in non-insulin treated patients with type 2 diabetes is very costly and has not been shown to improve outcomes that matter to patients: mortality, morbidity or quality of life. Most non-insulin treated patients with type 2 diabetes do not require routine SMBG. Type 2 diabetes patients require effective education about when they may be at risk of hypoglycemia or dangerous hyperglycemia, when SMBG is appropriate and how they should act upon test results. Type 2 diabetes management should focus on weight management, appropriate nutrition, regular physical activity and blood pressure control, rather than intensive glucose lowering treatment.
Subject
Blood Glucose; Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Hyperglycemia; Hypoglycemia; Morbidity; Quality of Life
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Notes
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Date Available
2023-06-20
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433660
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85070
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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