Self-monitoring of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes

Abstract

Recent evidence suggests that patients with type 2 diabetes who are not taking insulin may not benefit from self-monitoring of blood glucose. Patients with diabetes who require insulin have to monitor their blood glucose by finger-prick (capillary) testing up to 3-4 times or more a day along with their 1-5 insulin injections. The need for this is widely accepted, but the principle of frequent daily monitoring is also applied to people who are not on insulin.