If you are considering insulin, beginning insulin, or have been on it for years but want to improve your control, the answers to your questions are finally here. This book by the authors of Pumping Insulin provides all the information you need to succeed on insulin.

Using Insulin provides step-by-step directions for setting and testing insulin doses, checklists for improving control, and specific examples of blood sugar management techniques. It includes advanced blood sugar charting methods, carb counting instructions, approaches to exercise and pregnancy, specific directions for children and teens on insulin, and information on how to avoid complications. Included also are specific steps for starting insulin doses, for resetting doses to improve control, and for combining diabetes medications with insulin. A great aid for anyone with Type 1, Type 1.5, Type 2, or gestational diabetes, and for any health care professional who assists people on insulin.

Contains 28 chapters, over 50 data tables, 18 graphs, 13 interactive forms, examples of every common blood sugar pattern and what to do about them, along with over 100 text aids covering the latest technologies, prevention, complications, medications and more in 340 easy to read pages.

The Diabetes Book For:

• Everyone considering or beginning to use insulin
• Current insulin users who want to improve their control
• Physicians, nurses, dieticians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, diabetes educators, and others who assist people with  diabetes
• Those who want to end erratic high and low blood sugars

Improve Your Diabetes Care

• How many carbs you need a day
• What a normal blood sugar is
• How to set a target range for blood sugars
• How many injedtions to take a day
• How much a lower A1c reduces the risk of complications
• Which basal insulin will work best for you
• What an ideal A1c is
• The diagnostic tests you need to prevent complications