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DEDTC offers a team approach for initiation of an intensive insulin therapy. Intensive insulin therapy has the primary goal of keeping blood sugars as near normal as possible. The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial showed that the closer blood sugar levels were to normal the slower the progression of complications associated with diabetes such as eye, kidney, and nerve disease.
Intensive insulin therapy aims to mimic the normal pancreas by using two types of insulin: long acting (basal) insulin and rapid-acting (bolus) insulin. Rapid acting insulin is taken prior to meals to cover food that will be eaten.
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