Patients With Diabetes Need Better Advice About Home Glucose Monitoring

A new study calls for better advice about home blood glucose monitoring for patients with non-insulin dependent (type 2) diabetes. Some experts believe that daily self monitoring helps to control blood glucose levels and it is often recommended. But others believe that self monitoring is complex and inconvenient and can lead to feelings of frustration and guilt. As such, there is still no firm agreement about the role and value of self monitoring for patients with type 2 diabetes. How to act on high readings was a consistent problem.