03
February
The Lancet Study: Old Patients Victimized By Poor Treatment Die of Hypos from 70/30 Insulin Regimens
The latest outrage perpetrated on the diabetes community is a study published recently in the Lancet which is being widely reported in the media as proving that the 6.5% A1c is dangerous and that the “safest” A1c for people with diabetes is one of 7.5%. The 7.5% A1c corresponds to an average blood sugar of 169 mg/dl (9.4 mmol/L). To get an average that high a person would typically be seeing blood sugars rising into the middle 200s after every meal, a level that the ADA has confirmed is associated with the development of retinopathy and eventually, blindness
Read the original post:
The Lancet Study: Old Patients Victimized By Poor Treatment Die of Hypos from 70/30 Insulin Regimens