Therapy for diabetes

Conventional insulin therapy (CT)

This insulin therapy involves the injection of mixed insulin, generally in the morning and the evening, or a single injection of long-acting insulin combined with oral medication.

The therapy has the advantage that insulin only needs to be injected one to three times a day. On the other hand it does have numerous disadvantages, as it is relatively inflexible. It is necessary to rigidly follow a fixed injection timetable and a diet that specifies the quantity and timing of insulin injections and meals. You can only influence high blood sugar levels by reducing the amount of carbohydrates you eat or by physical activity.

Conventional therapy is therefore usually practised by persons with Type 2 diabetes whose pancreas still produces insulin in insufficient quantities.

Insulin release in non-diabetics

Insulin ‘release’ in conventional therapy (CT)

Insulin ‘release’ in conventional therapy compared with insulin release in non-diabetics:
too little insulin at mealtimes, as well as in the early hours of the morning and in the late afternoon, too little insulin in the mornings and particularly overnight.
: Combination or long-acting insulin

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